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 m$ t% k B4 e% `& @% x
0 f" k; V; r4 m5 C( Z& E& m3 XM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? - U4 Y. l" W; ?8 m3 q, U; [: D" M& N
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！3 q, K) u9 n, }! x
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 3 P2 P5 m/ b, K & \* }, h; j! n' q/ SL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?! S7 u. @! K& U' c2 I
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".6 }! h! _! x) y4 n H( W
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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？; R0 y; [# }5 L+ _/ V' }
9 @" I6 j" |' `6 GM: 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 j7 }% J5 C) g# z( m, p- N7 Z+ P; R
" A, V: g# Q" ], _. H* T S/ HL: 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？4 K; O# B1 N5 Y% P: U/ `* P0 B
) U: [! {5 A8 j5 H, [M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.. A7 e4 P9 c& P/ I) w8 B
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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！6 g% v1 v, j: f6 K7 e* B; A- j
( d a) R, S+ Y" U6 B* }+ rM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.) a \" z! Q6 u# C- m9 j3 }
& M5 K, P1 \' q3 v4 L" O4 n, @; w8 c9 CL: 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！ & s6 w0 M8 \$ H2 W% T( Z2 B1 a7 t! D% [# k' n" D
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!' v1 |8 a% x4 T0 i8 B7 X) a8 L
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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! ' _ X& x' d9 \2 t$ | & F/ F+ u' \ A4 V- LM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!0 o8 h0 z5 q0 I3 {/ J# ^: z" I' v$ c
5 e' R1 K/ M6 mL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。) g0 q4 n. ^3 @' K/ R! t
/ N. A) A0 g) [% c6 b(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 8 a7 q3 ~& q3 V* w 2 t- k6 H3 x F5 m% _L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ m* |, z) @6 E
4 \& P+ P$ W& e% \& q2 u- a. i2 T6 ^9 ?5 T! uM: 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. 5 R" p f. d" Z7 s* [; N `) z& l* L. A8 Q* ?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！ 5 p+ u2 c6 a: v- C# N% v- H5 U8 M1 ?
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! & _5 L" U' y8 W! c! Z+ @7 Q" p9 D7 S: ^- h, V
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。 * L% A) ]! e( z- O# F; O / O( t5 F; | [: H2 b# U FM: 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.% C& e- f( ?) a e
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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？0 A8 S- F+ z6 R0 }
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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.. @+ {9 M* t4 c
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