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 f; T, Z+ K* W% d' N. ? z- T# P* _; w# e, O$ s. U
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? & z9 M, Z/ z# k 6 l9 V3 R7 c: }2 xL: 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！) n! z: h' A6 l7 X0 t* M
5 p, D+ F5 A! {, ^% OM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.1 i6 O/ B3 t* s" [3 Q) c
0 q% L! Y! Y+ E4 t5 gL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 9 R) L. d5 L' M7 T4 u - H; l5 T9 n( d7 H4 k: E& \# oM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".4 `! y5 c _) O( Z7 G) c
9 |' T' u. D2 ^1 m" |# r3 @1 vL: 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？* n4 V4 h6 }. ]7 c
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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.../ `6 k6 U8 x2 z8 i4 B
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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？: T8 Z; U, A* q' N' [
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. * o0 A2 e0 d% S ' O( ^: Y$ g8 G: h0 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！$ X! q. ]$ U5 C: D5 L0 |0 @5 g
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.& ?" X, W2 a2 `3 [$ r
, M9 r$ J0 M$ i) b8 j+ @) a6 Z3 g: QL: 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！( _& t& E V; Z A
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 8 y, v- ]+ L+ t0 e- ~% Q* S: ?* F T; A
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! 1 ?: B* j- S5 J. _ 9 _" J4 Y! n. `1 B: F0 z$ MM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 7 u* J, w# J" n : P# M6 F( S5 @2 A+ _) G/ J) }! X: C, JL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 5 w1 M/ e8 p S7 F; {. A7 E0 ?8 ]2 @! x. P, ~% _+ K9 P
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) R, f/ }0 J i& b 1 {# l& w- o' ~6 g1 I6 C6 n' UL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ % F# O4 r$ v4 A/ _" x6 I B* a- {0 f, q0 F6 |. w" e
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. & u3 N3 R9 i4 ]+ r5 S" \# G6 b 3 g: \' Q0 A; _2 rL: 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！ * d& K2 t S4 X9 A" t% Q 6 u* R' g X: f! d1 R. HM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 9 `/ ]9 N" S0 Q' L& Z% r V( _8 d7 q1 `) j
L: 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。" Q3 i2 T" Q8 v4 Z! k8 j6 v
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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 A- I7 a2 ~1 {) z2 x. ? ! p9 J8 x$ p k: ^+ Q$ XL: 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？4 F! T9 j+ f { G n) h
0 x8 B7 s2 j- ]- I; ?M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. & {/ F# Q, \& u2 a$ x6 r- z# o' y 6 S1 K3 ^6 u i1 IL: 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。: ~+ d- E' B* ^$ g5 O
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!5 ?8 L8 w9 I+ p Q4 \; t) Y! b4 p
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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！2 C7 }1 P* {& ? J
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