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。 , S* \- e: H. V6 j9 \ U( ^6 v 7 }, J6 A2 L @7 Q, z" V |M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?" F/ {' e* b4 n
- f# ]1 h( E3 u) o1 |8 h! ?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！ 1 ^! s# O2 i% R3 m" R6 t! A( [4 w) j! W5 R$ k; o& ]
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 1 ]* S; q- ?# r: H* S/ y. V$ u ) b. q* `8 ]. |, P! Y: N7 {; K% R5 bL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 8 S" A" C' e. j 5 f q3 m% A8 IM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".7 J9 k% q9 T+ B1 \& D' {: 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？ ' }* P" F* z# P, h7 H X0 k, [# c0 d( {# l0 q9 V3 W
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... 7 _9 V. P& Q m- M ; O ~% @5 I7 H+ S7 g& R$ N1 j, SL: 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？ 8 r, U( ~5 l9 B( x5 L% N& B( ]5 E+ i7 ?: B# u
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - F6 I$ ~6 x# ], h' J2 x2 e) w! X! p' _5 o& `/ g" N4 G. 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！ * Z0 V) k# r' M, J" H+ v8 n* T, n5 u/ q: Z ]+ B) q' _ T! `0 u
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.* a: p2 ?6 x H4 V* v% _5 g& [
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L: 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！+ E7 G/ F7 }' H! B
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!4 q; B7 B+ L; }
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L: 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!+ s) \3 C) k9 E* T
1 G5 [; v) @" O* p, x9 KM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!6 w! a, J* b" c# \% a* m; x: y
3 O, Z5 Z2 L/ Z5 D! `9 C% a. K+ a yL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ! m4 f" v/ y) f2 W0 G& ~! Q % h, r* l3 z% L(Michael和李华看完电影以后) . ]3 j. f% ]! B4 G8 P7 n$ U2 U . b+ B4 m1 w7 E) r k: }L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ / c/ G) P: r& I) \ 2 O) a% `& U; L" `! ~" MM: 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.' ~7 G1 B% ?1 T6 |7 i0 _5 n
) ^( D3 T: b. W% OL: 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！ 0 y. `7 k8 \7 { v2 V o+ G7 E ! S) U% O( {8 c# }+ r/ Q+ MM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!$ A6 y! X; D) {) ]4 N1 b
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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。 - E9 _7 J5 d8 Y$ b% g9 ] 8 S* I" D8 q/ E, q8 f) b3 XM: 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 J9 r) {9 _3 y, ? K+ ?5 w
4 K' Z. E4 y( T4 R( |2 Z, M) Y2 lM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.3 ]* w1 t0 s+ n) ?$ @. E5 [
# o4 m7 Q6 m 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。 6 R( ^* C4 y E. q; A% ` + b6 J- ~7 Z4 P+ K7 H3 \M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!: S+ D! w1 ~6 c' M
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