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。 " t6 y$ ~: |0 H6 Q- e, }: o0 ]# [2 n% b o V6 Q( d
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?9 h) W* k& S, y" d' S
3 U9 l/ b, m/ U, P& z1 tL: 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！8 T, q& g+ ]+ X* a4 e2 x# d
6 Z1 p0 X. T) k- i: S( z. U- QM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.* l: h0 {# `* J; v4 z8 i
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?; z4 J+ o, \( ~& K7 J y) P
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".4 B1 }, U( U; N/ R, `
( Q `8 i$ [/ A* f2 e& ^' sL: 哟，"buck" 就是"dollar"！是非正式的名称。 嗨，昨天我要买一块 糖，你给我一美元，那我就可以说："You gave me a buck"，对不 对？ & v" P3 e) p& E* ?5 f . H. [5 A$ I7 l1 K7 ^, F* aM: That's right. And the other day, I lent you a few bucks for lunch. And last week, you borrowed ten bucks so you could buy a chemistry textbook, and...1 D+ w5 N F! M- u0 A" k+ G9 \
* A% T! U7 ^3 `- FL: 得啦， 你用不着提醒我，我知道，那天借了你几块钱吃午饭， 上星期借你十块钱买化学书，不就是借了两回吗！你怎么啦，怕 我不还？ # v- |! E' r- @5 w6 a2 r3 A3 E) y" f' b7 X: ?% D" t
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. & c: N- Y$ G# o" w0 W1 \) z4 t0 q) J
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！( a) n( A, Z+ \+ m1 y2 t
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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./ Y3 o' j# B, u ]& O/ ~$ r5 W) R
* i# I; x; q4 S1 h) a# v2 X- o5 S8 DL: 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！ ' _9 T2 e4 Q. h+ F) w% G8 E" U, a4 J; }4 m4 e; q
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!- u; j) y j; b' k# ?" J y9 I" n
+ X( c! ~" B- Y' [4 EL: 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! 8 R2 T5 n5 S5 @, g4 m8 b ; M2 i/ |- p4 x7 u/ S# c: u: J5 xM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ; ?: F5 ~, ?1 F1 S8 n# m5 G$ j. c5 g6 F h
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。, j* I* [2 f- l* ?% D
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' K4 W' U/ l5 N% T. d- W2 z1 BL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ . K' V1 g2 i& u- G7 I R" D* e. c6 q' l+ f! I+ f
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.0 K. _0 A' A+ l
5 R; S# }% T2 ^: ZL: 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！& Q5 C; B! e) J0 y3 u
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! {% \1 q- o) w0 t; P" |! _, T6 X% b
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。# t3 ^4 O+ |# Q8 f( O3 Q
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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.+ O+ z5 w' `% `5 ~2 q! K
2 ~1 t: ]( V& k9 HL: 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？& n4 C" x, [" P$ O8 r. e% x# B$ M
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ( v" t4 i) V8 s; L( I1 x$ P r3 { ) \5 O4 N5 [% ]4 P RL: 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。 ( l' G. E6 W7 Q' }4 e2 }! ^: t) n 1 l7 u* a( _4 ?1 [1 m. x# }2 @M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 1 s' @2 Y( ^" y% A! U3 t5 ~$ Z2 M8 l# A
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！% R3 B' x- l% T# A9 N" ]) I
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