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。* R: H: i. P4 Y1 I, x' S% I
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?4 ^# V; M' |9 K; g
* d& `( d! V1 O! W* Q3 q1 B; 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！ / L. F9 O e, w% U1 U# N# ]* m5 ^" b: e7 V: z2 u/ U2 ^8 T
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 0 U3 n0 ^$ y3 a2 S/ l- {; k9 Y # Y. t, W4 z. K* P pL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 0 I9 s. K7 _2 z, a4 k! j( _ * E# f9 N3 d: v2 s6 \& D8 a( V( ?0 NM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 3 ]" a/ U* K' `* d2 A$ s/ s7 Y) L2 t8 ?0 U
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？: p5 z; h) D) t; l _
! u* M2 M2 }) Y( m aM: 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...% Z) q, {/ I' D1 o! B" G
r9 c y" R+ ]4 @- [, E, S" xL: 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？" D. r: D2 ]+ E0 Y; R2 P& P6 E( v1 Y
9 S: r. u- S) m' K+ A8 ^3 l! xM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.; Q4 y @6 E) e3 \! H
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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！ * K" J+ t5 Q8 u8 H6 E# A/ [$ ~, T( Y* |2 G6 R5 e0 ~4 c* {, [3 b
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.+ b6 |. u, d8 o+ c
@5 |7 n( m$ v! G+ vL: 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！ u% A* d0 R5 S8 ^+ x4 d, s4 v( w$ Y) g& a' \
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!2 J9 ^$ F) r F7 f7 \# |
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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!( k' K, z" Y$ h: j, L& X3 G4 X
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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。; K8 G6 w/ M5 c6 D
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ , U8 H1 f4 _2 s, N4 r" ]& C% x5 n0 {! v% r4 p8 x P
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.; \- u) S/ l/ Z
9 ~1 H) \/ { u! \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！! q) i; X% E3 S1 Y
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!2 O5 t+ F0 X8 [, _) Y7 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。/ L; i; B0 ^$ w; v) c2 C# e
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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.; H }5 q9 \' h- c
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