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。* p/ D& O7 D8 ~+ z
u# d4 G3 b( K, ~; G lM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . ]8 f3 N7 `6 Y' X6 ]& P$ g) l# {9 r# Z& N j
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！& f' [# I8 `# r8 s/ B2 D6 P6 ~' z
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. + b2 _# d+ C' z+ L8 K8 d: l6 i 1 s5 z; [3 t# ZL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?2 h. s5 d' @ o0 C
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) m* o( m- k+ E- ^" g7 T( V \" D! W$ U- V) D& X5 n2 KL: 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？& t y( b5 z, e) J/ u _8 T
0 k0 m/ C& R& z) l! [( `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...3 T- f2 L% l0 l* L& D' @+ B: y
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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& n* f& `4 V. N
+ _ Z; E# \/ d5 h+ D) JM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples." _" c1 Y% c# P
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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！ 4 Q# q8 Q6 j# x* Z+ j% M4 T" L5 f X
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.: X1 i5 ]' o, }$ t
* h g1 `& |! s1 u3 G$ X7 ?+ OL: 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！ . ?/ Q$ w6 ]. u# x$ m( j, L+ m7 j& e# y0 }* Z6 H; z8 j
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!7 Q$ v' [$ {1 @+ S W
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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!/ ]% _. N! F7 ^; L
) g& @+ m8 A! PM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!3 L4 F. Y3 _6 }/ E& v J. I i+ n
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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。 / E+ x- M: I% G; @3 |: W8 V9 X + p/ }/ \ X& {- ?/ S8 w(Michael和李华看完电影以后)& Z1 I4 p! ^" }- j
& f+ K) ~$ ?+ N5 ~: }! SL: Michael，这电影可真棒！6 }2 |7 I4 K6 O8 a& U k
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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.+ F. R& B( {& P9 ]9 N
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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！ p4 Q$ D8 i/ J. o) m' q& `1 i: x L, [
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!( t9 T7 }, ~$ j8 g( Z" O8 Y
0 a2 _& p* J; h1 u$ _/ b4 rL: 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。 - R8 _2 c: x; j. y3 A3 v, ^. c/ K# v8 D% F: V
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. g+ A- s: H" |# O; \3 @6 ?; n9 S1 G
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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？( L1 ]5 K% s' h! U, v' C
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L: 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; G7 \. C+ Z# J3 ^7 g2 f * c4 A) c% J. v5 Z+ E aM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!8 L# ]# u* a% \7 W0 j
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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！, I7 S3 H! M n, ?
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