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。 ( M. G7 z. l- L4 c9 w# _! C5 I* C$ } & c$ A9 T# W, D5 j; D/ I0 N6 {3 ]! ~3 ZM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . S* z# p' S4 ]& \7 o) H- q4 Z* A1 }/ l7 S: M/ A
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！( c. G/ L: u3 @) o) ~9 _* [! w
p. j" A& L. n8 f! n( I. z' ~- UM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ) `$ a: M% R5 V) a) W9 h - H L' G. ~3 J1 nL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?# s4 g2 S' q" Q" |+ O! r
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".1 Q$ W. T+ S- _5 t+ @/ O, ]4 M1 _
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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( g; n$ Q9 C8 f! A: [6 [$ }2 ^, y) t" [
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... 5 ~+ w) I, w" C' R: n! t; D! b" g6 p" ~( _7 Q. [ m2 G" p
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？ 9 r7 \' c! Q( X. G 6 d4 f# q3 u0 O) S6 @4 Z; F, TM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.! E+ A9 e. E% t
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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！9 m9 j7 I( n0 }
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.; u$ c+ x) L1 l$ I/ y
1 Q& ^2 u7 w: }3 I. g8 \1 Q8 Z, tL: 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！ , `) T1 W$ Q. A! x" A2 s; e0 C$ [$ O2 [' f
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!7 J6 ~) s5 N. o; j: A
: K I. \! J3 U+ CL: 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!# A0 O4 X _5 t. v# {% \0 e
( t: C5 Y# M% _5 v3 i9 S2 H& O' aM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! " x [# [2 U6 o( @* V2 ^% ]8 }! F / Z8 @/ E* k) I7 M/ {L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ! m4 h0 [- g0 y2 t6 N$ M( j' d( R! V ]! m
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ & w* c9 M6 X M" p2 o" ~# T: c; a( z2 r- a
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.$ E, a1 D; P9 P8 j: j5 z5 R
' G2 I2 M, Y# ]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！' Q1 [1 k4 U3 w: V0 c
: V- P3 Z* j* V" V) ~% jM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!0 ^2 M z0 `( l. E" `, V
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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。8 J `: Y5 `2 K" s2 Z( J
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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. 0 i5 R3 L- B& u8 h# {- A6 | 6 m* K1 R6 w' I: Z) 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？ # E" y$ [- h) F1 f4 y( h7 Y * @! p6 O* i2 s ?9 m- MM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ' \) O$ b, u! _& l4 u9 [# j % P0 h+ v0 Z$ \' I3 ^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。6 J2 N; `0 [8 o' i" k
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!, F' e- X9 k4 c9 r% [7 K L7 r* U$ S
, p# u3 E3 [: OL: 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！! i/ J2 [' |- `* A% G- T( l' C$ _1 I
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