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。 4 k* A2 I! ~5 \& X; P9 A" U/ F) P3 {
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 0 v' h @8 d( g4 O5 \& o f : G! V. w7 u( P* b& l+ g: X2 M; sL: 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！+ U% g# w1 U/ u: q
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 5 K2 \7 i; S! |/ Y. k0 }9 M2 s# n, r! f
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? # U# Z6 T, w1 O$ [! K1 i" U1 A 7 h1 `" o. C! X7 jM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 7 }3 g% f2 i8 l/ \0 X. T% j& ]7 ?7 F' T
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？ ; s4 |8 h5 l& r/ n: h( J+ H, P+ g5 s4 J
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... ( p$ w ~- ~2 b! k. J/ @6 Y7 h3 Q2 Q. d; ^1 X% ` ] x
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？/ e* j4 a0 F) W1 X2 w4 | q( A
8 q$ v' \, |( C+ O# H+ S7 d- hM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.) E% D4 B3 w2 O& i
7 c; o6 Q2 U* j6 Z) m s& C1 NL: 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！ - Q% e9 C* _0 [8 W2 c8 w. N9 k |- C3 p5 o+ q. ]4 R: j& a8 a
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.0 O( b, H$ U0 @9 k2 v7 t' n
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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！6 J% C' J: Y9 V& _ S; n4 l
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!1 m4 G, P( A) X X! A( ?: g
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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!. I9 i- l2 _3 [ C! e4 C
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 2 S# G0 _) Z; P ! K, d8 d; `2 ]* q8 [7 YL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 . ]4 ?6 F' o ^: Y: [ ; R* D1 [8 s* b% f! a(Michael和李华看完电影以后)- w9 N- u( {* n _8 n9 `* l( x9 \
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ $ M0 u! _' _$ R6 h1 @ ' T2 j8 o' {3 q$ M4 m9 SM: 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. 6 S. z9 f4 X6 Z) u; P0 K; ?6 ]' C) V' g; O& O' A+ c$ i
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！ " n: g: |1 V) p( K! y4 D5 x# G* Q/ B) c& V& ?# c3 w0 i) M$ N, B
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ]0 f1 C7 ~! E" B& f; |/ e" U4 J! Q1 V6 O0 s
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 W$ r0 s+ u; ?! D2 f/ g: K: X. Q: [$ N+ T
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.% t0 r- ]$ O$ T9 l, \7 w9 q
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