5 D6 c/ N. U S4 G+ C- }" T& pM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? : ~) D4 H3 w9 ~# j) N7 J+ E t4 y/ L8 m& Z, [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！6 Q7 W' x6 B+ H+ K% z
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. % @5 K0 x( Z: Y$ u+ ]1 w1 ]$ M( z- g1 n- v1 f- Z
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? $ n3 l, O# y! z& i V7 }! j% m8 f5 DM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".( e' u6 y P8 \
+ l5 r8 x2 |# ZL: 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？ ; x: T& M' s8 a% f. O. S + e, U6 O5 R' D YM: 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...) ^' k) y- k: \5 ]
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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？4 p" s, m E7 R! N
$ ^, U9 w" p8 Q6 ]M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.: P$ v! t b; F1 p @* r6 }( Q9 n
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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！6 `' `! |- y: w7 o: X( ~9 p
( W2 L O* o) dM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ) G# G" v: z0 ]9 C 3 h! [4 d" r5 u4 q! O/ b9 J; HL: 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！! ?, a& C2 c4 H1 R2 C2 S
# M4 ?: j: g' ^# ` {M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 2 {% H' Y2 X# I. l( @% A" |! ~5 k$ Z; O0 n
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!5 L0 N8 O% T) [* z* i( I
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! * J' y7 v% a' V- r - C1 y6 N8 S$ Z) @' c3 X4 RL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。3 h. z3 A. |( x: w0 ?
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- y* Y9 ?5 q2 \: Q `L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ , p' i1 x( F$ p: l% I: G) h! D5 I6 A7 g8 l
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. 6 X# i9 @5 L( R2 _9 c: U5 k! z) @8 t$ H. H/ j1 e T0 J
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！ T; p$ ?3 y t0 M& S- B7 V, |, h# s: I+ E
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!" [ a$ d4 j" s8 W1 }( m9 ]( ]
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( {: I6 m. ^4 J* \/ Y3 x7 ]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. ( q3 e2 i: `4 |- F+ N# S5 U1 o$ j/ }! u1 P
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？# ~1 s, M# g% \% M
* A9 R- Q0 t8 @, |# sM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ; E( x7 S, @# M& ? 5 y7 L4 `/ V4 v7 d; I/ mL: 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。. I7 n3 d1 s9 o0 L5 p
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 7 \- m1 t( k( H8 l$ X) l1 ]# L! B J* l$ ~% K3 t# `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！' S5 z% P; N* Q x- B
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