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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！ ; t4 }1 }: b& X) s, K j- B1 ?( j) K6 ?
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.$ G" U6 s8 l+ z% b: `
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?( S4 Q0 ?- i4 \9 Z7 K# Q, a$ R
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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？ / P- Y! t" ^; P; ?/ C* {" u 3 F! ]7 Q% \ NM: 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... # a0 d% U4 D. E' N t- P; I * p) l0 V: t% P, G( DL: 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？' g; I% }% g) V0 [; B8 Z
( g+ }( }# _7 n' I$ n& J0 lM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 5 Q* a% N$ |$ \$ T8 Q2 L( m% Y) B' j5 A
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！; f& t1 ?, U7 k1 o4 @& p6 e8 i3 w
7 Q7 f5 \( o& eM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.5 X; w9 o& \0 L/ X* a
" y. S. d* o' {- YM: 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. ; |' v- g; a: G% ] + ]+ p& {& f7 a/ _2 `. K1 \/ {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！# r/ \2 v' u7 @& z' k
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!. [& w! S1 E" W A9 w
, N/ m+ {9 O9 K8 ?' OL: 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。 - @* S. V+ |: d 4 h. ]) K$ y/ C M1 V& j0 M% \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. ' d) ~) |3 I1 l" N6 D% J) \& b* x& _$ q" |8 P, M: c; j
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？ ) ~; R5 ]7 X% J. D# a% k' N( J+ w ! z/ n* d, M) ~9 AM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. " @& B. J& l" U, M3 `( L3 f) |) O' v; }( f t
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。 e! y2 S/ f$ d! K! v( A4 {
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! * B' I+ K8 c; B, c* w3 j+ s: i4 c+ J& _
L: 唉，非要说看这部电影是浪费七块美元。 得了，Michael, 你还是 省点钱吧，没准我下回还要问你借呢！0 S6 Z# F2 ?% ~' i9 f( b f% K
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