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。* E5 O, B( {8 J4 ]8 L+ J8 K! H1 ?
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?7 @2 |4 n1 L1 ~+ b! q- K
- p7 X* w5 ~, r' T. lL: 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！. Y3 l0 r. M& o- }* T
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 2 N9 x9 B& `8 Q' b- s8 r1 d$ I) @( {0 q! j7 y
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?3 |5 h4 N: {$ r$ x# f( w6 b
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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？ * L' [# m) |- R6 }& b% d9 E: g4 D4 v- R7 ^$ ~9 x2 F$ N B/ x
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...( o) i' r; a: C" w, v- m5 r
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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？# c B. A0 M; \; @5 I& u
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. , h) q5 u' z9 ~6 b( r; c/ Y/ g
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！. d% D1 u% P( K" E' o
' ^4 m% w: ^6 ?: B3 HM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ! c! y. _. Y0 }- }1 ?5 t ! {. ?7 I5 b: J# @! r; _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！' m3 W/ b9 a& P W; J. m1 `& P
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 m2 A' C8 {$ \ |3 y 9 I3 ~$ V. L) w# EL: 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!4 a6 P7 o! I# s8 ^8 h* r9 P0 e
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!/ D% p6 G# H" O# |/ e3 `
) m a6 Q1 t+ WL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 V3 h; v+ N* W% f
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 5 `' m% z X4 _" [) v5 [2 [" y5 V8 N! ]2 M7 a' }
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ : }4 c: B3 \5 {7 |7 j1 S # y4 M( [1 F5 C, i* _7 f8 c. uM: 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.; @, N" i+ b9 @( z6 q% N
7 O" G# H- U8 eM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ) N. x" M' ?4 {4 `' p! D8 S" C# |4 M$ J0 ~# u. C
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。 & r/ S8 X+ N* u. ? 5 o. J: P/ V1 e. u! K8 A/ q' t6 a+ ]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. . [7 z0 R- B1 F, D* l / Q% y1 a5 c G" B( E% XL: 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？ ' S) P" `! I& u4 M1 h1 E' s" L! B
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 3 {& c# R$ x* _ - o8 T, \+ C9 X/ ^9 V$ Z, m; _4 `1 iL: 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。* j" b9 N) i4 b$ r" S
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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！- H0 E" T+ E. Y' Y
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