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。 ; O* [0 D5 ^/ s % N1 [$ m' Z1 x% |5 N8 a0 V1 w! zM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 8 h1 G7 l1 \) \( \+ Q+ I1 L7 P$ O$ c. A% y1 u
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！! Q9 R! \6 l% h
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ K F4 `$ G& |$ S$ @ - l' i& W. g% G6 U# ZL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?9 r9 V6 Y" I& K* N; `
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".) v& U6 k4 p+ V& g8 Y% ~4 P( i
: Y U3 h. Z' U% C" M( lL: 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 D4 Q! f) p, ~! E, t! L5 a; [% `% x
1 |& h' }5 c+ |: 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... 0 ~4 W t! N5 o4 I5 ?+ R " e& f8 k) l* o: E) r/ DL: 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？ ~% Q* u& r- X2 O A! `7 A- a
% R$ \3 K; }* T# i0 Z5 b* {% R$ @M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.& h$ T' m; q' {3 b
1 U/ i+ G" w) \$ cL: 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！ 3 F( [* n% D$ [& j6 H# `. o+ B6 l 9 d; p0 t/ R+ ]/ i2 o( yM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 1 k9 O5 I6 f$ z $ U4 z, ?* u5 T. WL: 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！: [: V# S( ^2 p# a# r$ c
2 C# t* M g: B8 ~" ^+ Z4 QL: 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!/ `( [: {4 I6 S6 N0 S: o
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!5 k3 ~$ `6 J* j& S Y* l
9 J) s" H8 q/ c& D% K/ n1 c3 yL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。# i5 H; a+ k3 E. z/ e% z! i0 W R5 J
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 4 M! {# b' N" r+ ^! T * n. [* f& l; [: d1 H, o0 qL: Michael，这电影可真棒！9 k! w7 t* m" E! O3 A! g
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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.8 t- L* Z; J$ b+ p) S
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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 W* \% m8 i4 }* o* M9 e" V 6 Z m: h8 H1 dM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!, h6 `0 @1 X) K! L w
# ~+ Y1 d% a8 P$ a$ {, W, X LL: 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 L0 s0 K/ _2 }* m8 J# t" G
4 \- ? a1 D O* ?* w: IM: 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.& m- u- w" A8 R
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