Michael和李华都为今天的考试苦苦准备了整整一个星期。他们俩刚考完，都觉得自己考得不错。俩人决定去看一场电影，轻松轻松。李华会学到两个常用语，一个是：buck; 另一个是：whatever。 + H+ I- n( i3 `0 L) p; I; _( E1 ]' ~. {, I- H, }- m- E
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?' _, q( p. h5 x1 g7 s% t. v- \
, T: A# a: S; N& D1 c7 e7 }' UL: 你说什么？噢，电影还没有开场，你问我要不要买点吃的？嗯， 我本想买一杯可乐，可是买了票，没钱了，算了吧！ ( y8 o- s& L9 U( y/ s2 f0 K ! Q2 c+ w! j! G! e/ qM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. % Y9 I6 x# j' D+ [( U, P$ e7 y+ S: J/ a/ c0 R, q
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? . Y A8 ^% ?2 A2 ?, I, G; B; D; |& M' U* a* A
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". - _5 `/ A ~+ m. g4 a % D8 b: K4 v2 ~" \, N5 c$ |L: 哟，"buck" 就是"dollar"！是非正式的名称。 嗨，昨天我要买一块 糖，你给我一美元，那我就可以说："You gave me a buck"，对不 对？& i- a' D4 C4 Z9 p9 g
& J# x O. T" [. a1 |3 r1 z" P4 qM: That's right. And the other day, I lent you a few bucks for lunch. And last week, you borrowed ten bucks so you could buy a chemistry textbook, and... 4 H9 L! A- \0 g- _/ V- y $ `5 z. M3 D/ p a, vL: 得啦， 你用不着提醒我，我知道，那天借了你几块钱吃午饭， 上星期借你十块钱买化学书，不就是借了两回吗！你怎么啦，怕 我不还？, I V5 ^, x) }3 Q! j: F
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 3 N( e* u0 n* T- `" k8 _2 L% I9 C: r, [# n
L: 得了吧！要给我举例子，跟钱有关的事多着呢，为什么非要举我 问你借钱的例子！ ; X0 i: `! P* R- {$ l2 Q! E9 X7 f# E, h+ ` R" X7 V9 x: S" @
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 7 X) O; d1 Q: l1 R# R! d - Y |- @2 K+ G8 \" QL: 要我给你举个例子，行，那还不容易呀！ 你看我这件毛衣，款 式很新型，纯毛的，还是名牌，你猜多钱？Five bucks！+ u. Y% z; f! z5 P. G
1 Q1 L4 @2 y, l: `0 W$ C% t- i8 }M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ' E, o# v- E* m 5 N; E8 W, H2 H. ZL: 清仓大减价嘛！ 可是，Michael，我去商店的时候，停车停错了地 方，吃了一张罚票， it costs me 50 bucks!2 B" c9 F3 e0 l) X
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! . x, p9 G' @; r. t* r " O7 A- R! H7 j: Z( {3 XL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。' x, l: s8 g: N+ n, v& c6 Y7 J
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)0 d& o) B9 [5 m8 t* ~) f5 l3 H p
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！4 i) e1 ?1 ^# C' R2 h1 S2 H& j
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M: What? Are you kidding? That was the stupidest movie I've ever seen. I would have rather spent the seven bucks on a good meal. . S1 v) E! H9 ~( S7 p* V% B 3 A+ J' _6 ?# wL: 你从来没看过这么傻的电影？你宁可花这七块钱去好好吃顿饭！ Michael, 你真怪！我非常喜欢Piers Brosnan，他长得多帅呀！& I5 Q2 g( D( Y/ N+ }3 y
$ {0 w* ^6 O- b9 R8 G$ }M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!1 X9 H9 J5 S/ c/ }
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L: Michael, 你说 "whatever"，在这里是什么意思呀？比如说：You can buy whatever you want." 意思是：你想买什么都行。可是，你 刚才说一个字" whatever"，口气不同，好象意思也不一样。 + D& N+ w" l# x# p/ d- }, R0 I # F. H% C% V' h) ^8 s9 Y% I- I$ UM: The word "whatever" I said is the same as in your example， But when someone says "whatever" like this: "whatever," he is being sarcastic. He thinks what you just said is nonsense. & u% s* o+ D2 u2 T* e1 ~2 _) ]) i7 L N$ A$ }' h
L: 噢，原来是这么回事。你说的whatever和我举的例子里的 whatever 是一个字, 可是，说的语调不一样就表示说话的人在讽 刺对方，认为对方说的是废话。好，又学会一个词。不过， Michael，你不喜欢这部电影是不是你认为Piers Brosnan不够帅？ 你 是妒忌他吧？3 O' I1 ~4 i: X
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.. l& O n4 c4 B6 n ~) d& Q
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!$ a1 J3 g6 ?8 R) `, c+ _8 e' j
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