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。 u( K+ }# [9 K
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?1 g* p: ]! P* l! P0 _. R$ h9 n
; M8 \3 J! l5 PL: 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！ : c, }( A! L: y2 I1 Z' |' R 8 ]0 A$ U' s- y* yM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. , S, {, b+ V7 [5 d( x, a* Q! _+ t4 _1 K
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?- r6 J! V3 { S1 ~
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 2 u1 u0 ? p% [8 R! r' o9 A $ A! W0 t- \& x6 oL: 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？4 W+ E% U/ x5 H5 }0 F$ r- D
% Y% @* o; w* u, y; Z5 oM: 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... + ?& [" v( _% u 2 ]+ B- z3 g% V0 u7 _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？% F2 D/ L6 w2 Z4 s+ r0 H
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. / u% I. H% Y4 i3 v0 N) ~, V2 N. [" |+ O9 \0 G, @* h. R* |
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！ U9 G4 n& {# g& Y4 w. w % d, b1 n, r XM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.0 I% Q! u/ Z' N5 X) n
% f& P0 G0 E; g! `8 AL: 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！ 0 {* @6 q3 L6 \" G 4 S0 u# y5 e$ S+ k" z0 j V5 k k5 HM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!$ S; S7 D7 f- m+ x* g3 D" f3 Z0 ~
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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!' o7 x( ^2 m6 d9 z0 j5 v0 D
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 0 G! a) L, r8 ^& Q0 \/ ?) z# P- |0 X+ A* a9 v' ?
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。/ E/ K8 E3 o( M( x5 N& E% {# Y4 f
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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. " D" S4 t) A+ q3 v/ N) U. M) g/ J. p+ Y d: I; [( @/ k
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！# B, [# n4 ~' j- z- a& }6 j
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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.; {' ]0 R$ E: V/ R5 m
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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 m( u g' @5 s+ z
% n6 s2 d% M) @% eM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.1 m- U. o) [: B. }
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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！* k7 a! B' c& L; f" X; P
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