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。 & x9 M9 g* {. I& y: c% _# n8 T4 s6 K
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?* A/ C" F2 E3 E! ~7 \, H
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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! 8 b) t, k! A0 {5 { ' J" [ }# }2 tM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.+ q$ n4 S" J% O9 [( d- Q/ r/ A
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L: 你说什么?一杯可乐不是!.75吗?你说 "only a few bucks"? / l {4 y& G( d9 k7 G( k: i8 q! d2 y F; n! r
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". * a: U6 w8 g! _8 i7 d+ X6 ^2 Y 3 n( y) c, ~* m# i, TL: 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?- T9 v# ~( k, l/ o+ ]" \7 l6 X8 }
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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... - P0 f3 Q5 l- { p2 E ' c3 f4 z& i8 u7 f- D1 L2 UL: 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? & Q/ s [- P4 _# f+ [$ [; O# j+ [6 r' z' v Z5 a2 l W9 F) R
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. / L" {8 @3 P" I) f' }$ U$ A$ s9 X4 W# E
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! - n5 C6 o& A: w; N; _ `6 g! K4 W8 g7 o2 A3 r
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.1 v G8 A# B( n- _; X
' J) F4 q* Q! G E1 BL: 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! ' ?) A% r, G" B/ S& X/ E H7 E % S, ?" l0 ~; ?M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ( K3 c1 T5 R, S, d, m. o9 g- l 3 [+ D( F& P% m, f& H' e7 W% BL: 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! / i m, l( J& @+ E* X0 W 9 a$ }6 T5 S. X JM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!: X+ i4 O* S5 C0 i
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) * Q9 L/ T: m( e2 j) P$ A# i $ Z, {. u' s" n& ?L: Michael,这电影可真棒! 9 c- u3 d' E$ j8 k- ]/ I: q$ Y s8 a6 w1 V& P3 [0 C
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. & F' s5 F: n/ k% L+ b3 F/ P5 d/ h
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 |# r$ G9 ~- a. h0 P( w( K W) X9 q# H
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ' f q. O# S5 I. y0 B, ] 8 m, R# e: ?8 bL: 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, y7 w. q- M* f ; k( m1 W8 O3 a% jM: 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.( h$ _% X# b& N) n% `. U+ f% m7 H
1 g: G) A2 T) L& Q! m5 Y2 vL: 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? 9 A& V1 n8 ^& \; [9 o$ J, Y3 b ( M9 I" C+ w8 y2 }' W. GM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.5 a# q0 a4 Q1 ]* m0 c
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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。 + }: M( {/ Q0 t; Y3 r1 C 6 Z* t6 g" D* J: G4 [# q) }, fM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!5 E% r4 c5 d) k+ |" I
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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 Y, k. e) W' H7 ^8 j: w. F