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。$ t7 a. M/ ^; G
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?5 ] T: L( `$ q- Q9 L" W- n B
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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！ # w2 l. ]7 C$ e# I* c) v/ G$ `, T5 n
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 5 Q+ s# `, n& L _5 Z5 Y/ K8 B5 O : m5 W. `8 Y- Y' f: h% x2 B3 AL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?# Y& A. q5 T% t- Z5 i# T4 `! b: Z1 D
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".+ G4 G- ~. i$ ^9 T
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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？ 2 X3 | i7 J& t0 I6 J% b% w" l; C) I" k" _9 }/ _
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...! q1 N$ Y2 A5 i/ Y* {5 W
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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？ ( n/ Z6 O, s2 L' j: w3 G 7 l5 R5 X& `8 Q0 n! l2 @6 LM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 8 [2 m& D/ b6 L0 J' o% Y8 k& T3 g. Q0 \( [6 i
L: 得了吧！要给我举例子，跟钱有关的事多着呢，为什么非要举我 问你借钱的例子！ 6 K! }+ A/ q0 p! {; t. P+ M/ s
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. / I/ Y/ U( ] m% L J7 N# x0 U$ Z t% b* Q2 P, v7 n
L: 要我给你举个例子，行，那还不容易呀！ 你看我这件毛衣，款 式很新型，纯毛的，还是名牌，你猜多钱？Five bucks！4 n8 o+ h" V/ L( W
1 s. m% W8 F, @6 [M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!; w; p7 z) c0 W+ F
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L: 清仓大减价嘛！ 可是，Michael，我去商店的时候，停车停错了地 方，吃了一张罚票， it costs me 50 bucks!+ c& v8 m0 F; X
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 7 G- X, V0 H* }8 ^. } 0 i* A+ S! R+ `/ M' |. ML: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。2 q$ n3 m6 I+ u8 r; O3 t
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 9 r! o& ?# s0 p$ ^" \0 o+ ^9 u0 z2 j4 d/ Y$ R o
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！/ v* B* e; i: p+ g* F% s; w9 b
4 _! \& O+ Z0 \) j. yM: 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. : M, [2 h# H# e% p6 n6 I0 U/ h0 F+ e* y/ t
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！7 f3 N/ K: x7 R) R5 G
# c4 C) o W2 M8 I6 \M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! / ^$ i) w# a2 m) w% T 9 @4 \1 p: f2 N! m" EL: 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。0 G: F! o- ^! P2 p$ a9 c) u
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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？" j' F! W; H0 r$ q1 [
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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. 3 \5 {. G0 S$ H9 l+ v8 H$ u) s% U1 |( J: Q- y! p5 J8 c
L: 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。 # o2 P, J* Q0 R! g( X9 Q% E1 h+ _5 l1 V8 q, t0 \) s+ d1 f
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!8 a, H# b4 M) @
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