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。5 L) H. r7 U! c0 t9 X
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?9 N: }; u5 h; a6 q& Q
2 V0 m& ]( u* R0 P) UL: 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！; }' H1 x9 Q; L
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.7 |' Q1 h4 m0 P, c) I! i1 _7 X
: c0 q2 P$ g# [8 V9 z# `L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? $ L. J: @( `# S2 ]( s $ i" S' U# T7 ]) VM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".( d/ z; J' n+ V3 w, u, j6 U' y
& Z$ C* P% j0 L C3 j0 S# jL: 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？ 9 V# i, A W! L5 j5 @) l" q% r# t4 d; Q, R& S6 Z
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...! t; I# ]' v9 ~, Y
9 w. v9 K1 P. j3 D9 RL: 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？ # B2 o. I& H1 U& y. \% f V+ r, f. p
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.! ^; ?, @1 Z0 I4 ^7 x" \! o: ]: k1 z
! h; k' ?2 ^) ?/ D: _2 TL: 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 [0 X3 [. N1 z6 f' W1 m, ?; z/ |4 `$ u; @* y! i
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. |4 }" b" \
6 F1 [2 |9 f/ _: O1 tL: 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！+ Y9 V; |! \* H
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! - }; J9 P2 A! i! W; ~$ [: a$ M7 T
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!* L! m. o- X, C- R! c0 p1 m
, j: _6 O0 x& i( ?+ ~/ F, ]M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ; h4 \# u2 r) N6 b# b ' G0 q# ?3 K$ b0 O0 s9 _L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。- U3 w$ I, U0 q1 {5 I
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7 a% B- A2 ^% v( Y9 p j' H7 aM: 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.5 }9 ] U3 ?0 }: B x" q& c2 c
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1 M1 Y, G8 N2 L3 j: z- XL: 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。 8 u, c5 b8 x8 u% y7 F% _4 O7 G6 o E+ g" a* A0 A; g( x9 E. LM: 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. & ^ N4 M- o$ x8 ~ m+ q % z9 r$ t _8 z0 Q; UL: 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？ & K; X2 H2 e1 H6 G0 |( m5 `- D/ i4 U E. b0 W8 L/ g
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ' G5 N% P* D+ F) k- u0 g R7 z* l3 a
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。( I! f* I/ d% [
& Z3 K) o+ T& r- y# @M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!5 {; k3 }* x9 g3 R5 ^# a
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