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。: ]2 m7 h2 J) R9 Z2 R# ?
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 4 p# W7 t- a& p: G) @1 b/ ]3 ? ( T9 i# D* J2 i) G, @L: 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！0 q0 ^% q( L+ E8 s) L
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. + m f6 h' d9 s* C P( p7 W1 v8 L2 K 5 J6 Y+ w$ c/ Z! p- rL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? * f2 e2 z; i' R( u, C, [# t 6 J+ h; B$ a. Y. v F0 K5 S4 S+ O& oM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".$ }% v" P6 B, s2 N3 Z O7 P
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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？ * Q; D' L3 R; y+ y. R2 B9 r0 l' _: r' Q2 s! n
M: 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...9 n$ H8 Z/ |' \, L: Y" Q
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L: 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？ 6 Q7 h8 ?* `- \& f% i$ `+ x - i1 W# L! ]/ D* {% D6 Z9 XM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.! |; C6 J! k1 v2 b$ |
2 W# R* h# }; C9 [% I( m0 `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！ . b6 g1 Z7 q! k . y$ [" B) j" \) ^4 C" DM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. A0 H. Z* r; x" k+ _, f & Z0 b5 j; T0 r5 c: wL: 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！ 3 `4 B7 R% v. h% r% b- D 1 B2 ^; Y5 l7 S* A S6 n @! PM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 H6 `6 J9 \7 g2 j$ W1 ^' ]
" A8 ]; b2 S/ wL: 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! - _6 T. s" ]8 b& k$ t3 D, F2 U4 I- E$ D6 \/ _
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( f# ?/ H8 y0 B6 j" K+ d- T( _8 sL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。% B; q, A! s7 G
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ O& T- q) s6 a% u {" E
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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.' y/ |6 }/ `8 L
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L: 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！+ G9 ^- R+ g Q4 s
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!* s8 s g D, E* X) i
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M: 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.! g7 V9 }# c6 g1 a; @- o
4 x2 N! x$ }- P+ z, x" jL: 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？7 s2 G1 o) o5 Y. `, G. [
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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.! Y! \4 Y5 A% ?9 p+ M
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L: 得了吧！对，Piers Brosnan年级不小了，也比以前胖了。可是我 认为他还是很帅。你自己不也比以前胖了嘛。8 w" p: T; r; W; i- F1 g
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!6 |1 N* X: G A, A" U0 i; q
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