( c) E2 f2 B: M9 i* tM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ' G! S4 W2 {' w& o, s 4 ^! L" `9 c2 ^6 Y) ~# ]! qL: 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！5 U/ G( ~8 n+ n4 w
1 ]7 x- T1 [9 R6 s# P7 i: Y& IM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.4 P0 ~5 @5 L6 z
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?1 [ A* w+ v: f9 |
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".3 e2 I" P' A3 H; S% V$ C/ V
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L: 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？ 8 ^1 F: C+ q: D/ j : F& g! W! T% \ J4 d- Q8 {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... ' a, S) R6 }9 |" Z, Z: ]1 C) T3 W! w+ `5 K: M* {# O A
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？# B: ~3 \, O+ `1 q3 j' f! i, G/ }
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ! w% D$ {& E1 o9 [1 z, {& O) k$ h3 V* G
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 o- p& C% v 0 {7 [5 r9 f7 e! ^) L& UM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. p/ f1 N' D: s/ o# \. j
! u- ~% ]' e" }& g: A6 B k$ HM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! - R* z# W0 B t% C) ~' y( E: K, O8 D6 u9 g l0 q
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! - F3 H' h6 F1 p 6 }5 V2 k U. }! NM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 2 G, n; f- |& m. i' k 8 y* j# [. S( E+ |1 k6 \# z' {- _L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 0 O9 i J I/ H) {( ^9 I # @* T4 _! F5 Q5 F, e(Michael和李华看完电影以后) f$ N+ |% b7 |" N& s- R7 `' B1 d
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！# P0 V( B3 A7 D# q
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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.$ H% a* b" L2 s. k+ z: \; @, }
# S" J4 Z: a; u0 k. `- I) Y+ v/ ^2 fM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 8 h& M$ m5 H7 N$ _0 a, |& p ) f2 o0 J; m. W* q5 ^0 H. n3 JL: 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。: F1 e* G) g$ d* F* L4 v6 d
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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.) ?9 n; N p, a
3 g7 A4 c3 h( d1 T& k- D `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？ * R. _4 J7 r0 B, f) p2 z$ g P- v. `; a" c
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