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: R. q8 w3 {9 @9 ^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！/ ~& E* O5 k4 q8 M7 ~/ k
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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- _2 f% i3 u7 I
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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...+ ~! r: J3 @) F5 J! a
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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？5 }+ {0 t0 w; g5 ~
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ! n4 y! S" L! Z: Q6 E9 r" H 5 {- F5 T1 T0 ^5 x" uL: 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！2 q. a, {( ~2 V: ?* e8 e
& `! Q+ N: m: y: O. ~. l& y" y( HM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.* D7 J( _: G- Q' I
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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 M8 I. [4 S: N$ M0 C
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! % Y9 d3 w7 G; ^( ~/ W" ?( N+ S( i
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!8 h1 F! ]6 y% H+ f
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 # M# z) B% n/ C; ?: |9 E # B% T% g" o. ^# A: T6 H: J% I) s(Michael和李华看完电影以后); j7 c y4 p* `5 X! a5 ]. X3 y
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 2 |( ?( |$ B8 A- t$ p5 b* _# d( i) K* z. U8 D; g
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.; @: D, o9 G, Z4 Y, u
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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！/ C5 I4 X9 J/ ]- {+ I ?% o, ~
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! , G6 s9 Y7 n7 ?# M3 K 4 F* k! [! N7 q% d* R9 |' U# kL: 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。4 f7 c9 }, U" I6 c' a! P
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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？5 V$ G% l( A {- R" _
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