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。, |4 ^; X& p/ j; ^! w* U
9 l% w" Z8 H) Q' TM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?& f0 r- r. R! K. _* h1 B! q: k
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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！ 2 O9 f3 K9 }4 q: G) a! O! f( S& b m- s; k m5 t' C% Y$ W
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.+ o$ d# I; ?% d& s% {
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 9 I- b* _9 y) W( J; |" Z$ o & {) `1 p: Y$ p5 E6 MM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". . \; T' M$ F5 f% o : A6 u( Z8 S. n) n7 G- _7 M+ sL: 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？ / o* e% D# C; Y % s$ {; a6 z! u3 ]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...! }0 g! |% q M, k$ u% Q
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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？9 V9 k, {& A9 \
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. & }: \8 }4 A$ c% [$ O% W3 `" l, U" J8 N) O
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！ 6 {& a: O" t. ]7 a. U6 i' j) `/ c X- Q x ^* v
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example./ z" w* i- T3 V
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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！4 {7 Z2 X8 j+ `
" D/ c0 P: Z2 U l+ y0 M5 iM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!) S0 h- k& Y: y0 x- D
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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!' a3 e4 @6 {. ^6 |, \! b* R
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!! X* ~1 ]7 {8 m4 ]* c
+ g( y" @2 J5 M4 X+ g) RL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 . |' v0 z) p" u0 t9 {5 x: E% A( L) P* ?" w
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) P {& E2 A+ s/ r5 K 8 x5 n( x7 e: W/ V1 \/ [L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ' H8 M4 N# Q8 [& d- h9 A3 ]' f9 a v7 F( b1 l1 d7 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.# _# `1 \4 f8 h6 f+ ^% W4 c
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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！8 q5 J9 H8 ?. O/ Q' {6 a2 Y& {" z: v
9 h3 U; k! N9 ?2 s% yM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!5 D& ^8 p' N9 E
+ B a# S2 O; N2 W% b" N" mL: 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。# ^. |" W* F! _! A* e9 B
# t# d: W* l8 g+ h0 f' R- y) f4 \6 ?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. # w+ [9 T! @0 @# M. f* A. |" P ) q F# @& D7 ?% o6 s0 \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？0 `* t) r- p. L) I6 \+ U" B% ~0 B; W
+ h# |& ^4 [& ]M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.- }) {6 J ]$ e! E
3 T' T# i. s* G! l8 F8 ?" DM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!# {% e$ D/ x5 z! v+ W
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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！; E! F. y! B( A7 y; [
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