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。 ' e v! n& ~' F" U& X1 p% n- I8 ?$ h2 b" A4 K+ J% K
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?9 \9 X9 Q& t$ j4 P0 q, T
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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！, m9 z' j8 u! U; `: G
_, ?! B1 {7 vM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. - O' D5 s) s% X7 ? B ! q2 [3 n( Z' Q4 Z mL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 5 r( V8 d% l" r4 q8 `% m1 g) P) @; D6 E( c, e
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". : G' o0 v* x2 O. K8 K6 x3 N% Q8 o5 S/ Z8 b; G
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？ % x* p" | X& U0 F' F7 t. p9 P) Y( r6 u9 T9 C" [
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... ! ~. \4 J: z0 b" Y- A' W7 n+ @7 ~9 e3 M! A) X9 N# P- W' p. }0 I
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？- }: y( {# j/ {" E9 F+ U
3 ? S. U9 P/ k% K k2 }5 C6 YM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.) }0 c: c0 b$ F
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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！ 5 a/ M- [- V) _; Y" N0 ~* B/ L6 W( [8 I0 \
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.* s: |: |" g7 V8 q4 o6 T- n
! q d6 v. Y: ` I9 S% e+ f' _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！! |$ a! ` T; y+ j# f9 ^7 x( [% S
- R( G# a" O3 p7 ?! aM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 Q D% p! \- d6 `$ a6 o! }0 @6 M
% e3 Y* G3 N D8 b5 vL: 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!( y, f# G$ O3 Y1 B9 Z
8 |5 x* b1 M9 ?' eM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! + z* L1 Y& S3 B5 g" B( G! u7 D6 T0 g$ j$ }9 m4 o, c p
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 5 o% d B+ W8 H' {* x : D' R5 w+ R& E" B4 r(Michael和李华看完电影以后) V. B( _+ X$ V* ~; @" M6 _. e0 Q8 E" i/ c' U6 a
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ & v# p# i2 M, n 4 y8 i1 P2 M/ s4 ?( oM: 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.& z! P+ j! N$ B! o# i' ^/ V
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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！/ B- F0 x: q& r; Y& C2 g
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 0 W1 o. [, e* y" j7 x4 s / {$ H: _0 t6 v5 O% \5 p2 XL: 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。 / r4 j% c5 ~2 a/ R% k k _ 5 {. e7 }' a( Y! QM: 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. # }1 s% X+ F3 Y1 ]" C; a3 Y5 `0 q6 g `* g- w) y! V9 Q+ K2 b8 i/ D
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？ # B* L1 z' i7 a7 ?& H8 p7 I 2 M) W& b1 I1 A) ~: c' ^7 oM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.$ J7 O) k. N/ k
4 {+ z5 X3 S! }0 IL: 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。 " R+ L5 k8 d( h- {1 R4 L3 q3 J0 Q; M' z5 F& r+ i
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!4 k3 ?, ?5 w. y! e" M
) E: d. }7 Z f; r: w3 R3 ]# sL: 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！; l. z' f% S1 ?: Z
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