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。 7 m* k2 ?, t5 O% V7 H) O ! j( b) U; `1 C: Q! t* `; IM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ) t/ |) ]2 W s, K6 [8 v$ J; W/ N) a- [3 d. R
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！7 U. p6 i! ?& U# f5 H( u H1 b
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ' R2 h7 ^, U' v6 C: d+ Y9 m% U+ A* E. q% t" P
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 7 O+ A0 q' u* A: E% o: {7 n1 A8 ]% y! G9 X& N* I* }
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".9 O3 C' d* ]7 P! o ]
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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？8 i$ G6 {( l5 r/ a$ m: a
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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... & _1 L8 ~$ Y. N 9 V. q0 |: c0 [& s9 e+ ?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？( u8 a# C1 X4 s+ U
+ o6 @$ l) j8 _+ b3 y. q, b- B0 mM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. % \4 e, |& c" G' ]$ U5 e3 q& s3 c h* S0 b1 K7 w" R
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！ 9 |. E: W, Y, @$ @; a , [- ^' O0 Z Q& X8 rM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. + ]6 U' W% h4 u+ h. P( L ! m4 ^, v5 c. Y: m: d3 lL: 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！ 6 [$ X/ |; c# W; I7 A- U4 C" A6 P) T7 Z8 w
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! : Y8 s& @# ]+ d- W1 w) L% V 5 V; @9 j1 E/ y; f* u) d$ ML: 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! ! g. z5 I7 L! O: p% u1 B+ y/ m" B$ ?& l
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 5 p5 B0 ~2 }6 i. x9 U% c + b. O) B% _) l. g7 BL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ( y5 ^4 d# e5 R$ u' m) ~5 K" m) n
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 6 A8 }! a7 G. F" w 6 G* q4 `- I+ f* G: E; x- i x. {L: Michael，这电影可真棒！9 ~0 h, V/ Z: V! Y6 W7 S" ]
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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.5 p& Z6 @! w# k+ \
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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！$ s" _$ R* M! g
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! $ K" B! `" {+ F2 S6 _1 b7 \- E& V+ t
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 f( J) X6 w6 z: {
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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.4 C: H% x+ ]1 l
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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？8 s9 W H1 o4 o8 s* I# Q; C' n
, f% a0 o& N$ f8 @M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.3 y! s* i/ I5 z3 j( g) R E% L- H) b
( Y4 R9 J4 k, b: N1 ]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。9 Y# J* B. n* k8 [$ {
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! : i4 O* A [$ F2 D: [ 8 q4 w6 m( Q5 R" X: C* L. K, nL: 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！6 Z2 x) Y! T% k) y8 y; Z
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