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。 ; p" c+ ~7 ~, h& S5 { 7 `" O9 ~& m" v& Y IM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? + a% ^/ |5 @: n% Q, b% Q" x1 G$ X) [
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！ f$ y$ }9 v( w( G
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 1 m/ F! J1 w: ^; H" d2 d( k# d* x5 R. y
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". " ]% P" A, r; f8 | ; G3 w' n. I' A3 {0 X6 {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？ . V- ]5 \4 o9 E. y- I9 V 1 G1 d' r' G& z6 E5 i4 K3 E+ W" yM: 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... 8 j! f& [/ K j. i 8 E3 ^: u! h$ j/ v, |* ?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？ % J# l; Y- G" L% { H6 o- R/ e8 S 1 J# T4 Y' d" I# w, X( e8 SM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.# E, S# z' ]( H) E
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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！7 I' z- l" W' d
' Q9 G' b" [# NM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.9 ^6 O5 k( r2 H) p+ @
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!* B! S/ s5 e- u& v: n- D5 O/ g5 a
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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!( V" b/ i( m. [; V9 X
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! & K _6 G1 U7 u* W- Q u+ x) Q# M3 E% W! U: {! _
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。# R; c& H' K. ?. w3 {4 I: G0 b+ ?
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！$ q0 n6 a$ Q b# m
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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.4 X4 A% I8 _! t0 U( s- z. y c
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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！ 3 V, `7 j7 A. n% f- T, e Q; F& Y; U% X; G- x) W, z }$ I1 U
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!2 Q6 U3 q/ @0 ?$ A# m. M
# m/ ?- B+ S0 v {2 @8 ]+ [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。 3 I8 x9 z) j: f% G/ r4 m5 ~- k3 v4 D: K1 S7 S$ f! m9 j- i
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.! \ v& ~7 I2 D
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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？ ! g. A, c$ S7 d# B' y Z. B4 x/ @3 I: V8 z
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. : m+ ?) g3 E2 n2 j1 n) G& r# F + s* q. F# Y z4 g& qL: 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。 |$ f9 V( ]; G% Q
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!5 ^& ~, y( ^! A" {- Z, [: l0 _
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