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。* @- B6 y! R1 x& C$ `9 f
7 ? F3 M" ]" N$ I- j" H2 a4 QM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?9 ^& q7 C* Y0 Z' |
$ A! `; H1 X6 ~* w# j5 d' YL: 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！+ J/ d5 R: h6 i* {2 o; f: S' r
: Q( C: B5 G$ x$ ? `# UM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.7 x; W; x, u5 @: b
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?/ A3 g% z. J0 b& @, A: {+ ]
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".& z8 k6 `; O6 G0 _5 i
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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？- \: X3 P. f& X( t* J
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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... ( X$ e- v. m- r) F' z$ U1 a* N/ {6 P/ g3 _: B& g8 V
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？/ r! j; R6 a# r
4 L7 G+ D7 z V/ rM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.7 s/ s8 ~* ~7 H$ Z; U1 d* a1 L U4 ]
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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！ 5 k. h/ t* W) L$ i1 p 5 R+ g% _# k3 w; g+ J4 ~% GM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.( E k9 i& d, P6 n0 M, b2 }% M
- x- p- s7 ]! Z7 y( B+ C5 l, f; bL: 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！ 8 E- H3 i& h$ j ( r4 P9 B( h" f3 x* T+ w) _; `/ PM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ! g8 k$ r; v& y0 t9 {/ n1 e% T ) t% t ?7 X" r& J/ SL: 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!& y! p1 h+ t( @: \3 W3 E, m2 C
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 3 Q8 U: E3 S/ g- P1 U* R0 S % s A/ K) E8 g; @% ?* g& `L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 + G, g" b3 X( S# L2 F K ) t' C3 [9 h+ s W! x9 @3 ?(Michael和李华看完电影以后)2 b9 `8 Q4 g" ~. ]' Q( N
3 U: M2 l; `! _+ Q2 YL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ , V% v2 R9 x6 y0 Y8 u $ Y2 J" F3 ]" F hM: 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. ! r* B& X9 X# w4 A7 i/ R$ h # {, x$ v7 i+ V7 TL: 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！ 2 ~# q( B) g9 B* R3 ]/ }3 V O& W" N9 S' B4 o3 ]
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!0 C+ }* w" p% ?& c0 \+ }/ i) w" z
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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。 ; [5 C q, r1 F2 G& q# z# t( t) p F6 k' y, y- d: ?
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." m2 k$ H" M' j/ T# G
: k; o6 q' i( pL: 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？2 U+ F# ~2 c9 T; R0 o. \
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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.1 ~5 ^) ~) x% j" f; f9 U& J) z x
1 J' I; H( @3 a6 eL: 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。 7 Q, [9 R* d5 s: z1 z4 o& P# H" u+ O% |
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!# {( F/ E* }' F6 [* u
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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！& [" P* X5 J- f4 {* N
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