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。 2 i2 E. m9 d" B8 C3 e 0 s: d+ g4 j* j+ ]M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?, l2 d% D. f+ J; p9 @$ z
; y# l+ l5 w$ [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 m T; B5 i( [3 X2 [1 J; t0 H6 I$ D+ S" K
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. & U5 [2 V4 h' k6 [9 ^0 j1 ]/ ]
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? - g& g# e) n7 z$ L# a3 I7 M9 g/ k* g
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) T/ x7 j+ L9 L2 K! Y1 t6 u C0 n Z- D7 r+ l7 Q; `
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？1 n4 d% H, ~* M2 W, [# v% L; s
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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... " R* K+ o; O& X, R7 f- e) y# J& n; S# v r1 r
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？ / c; u1 V8 W- D! H$ l T8 n) g5 O, ^& U& f- e& z5 e) }
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. " m9 S# [# O" M, u/ \9 c+ j) w& _& K2 J$ `- F& w1 F
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！ / G: o! j# C( L$ @, Q) X+ `, e' Z1 O% u
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.6 F% x! h, F5 ^4 F0 h6 F
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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！$ j4 d' b* w/ P+ s
. j+ K$ i5 H; c6 [5 _% x6 e/ VM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!- C" _7 x5 u a- Z5 J3 ^
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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!& j& P' I4 L) ^
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 1 @4 Z2 o. b% b9 \ 4 @6 ?' a- ]$ D. P1 {6 _/ {! uL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 3 X L+ F& T& a K ; l8 }& G. Z" X6 G8 n1 k$ f(Michael和李华看完电影以后) + Z p8 t% v; O8 s0 W! Q. N4 N! D2 Q/ x$ {
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！( l/ Q" u4 G4 {% [( c7 ^! Z1 w0 g; t
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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.' Z8 ]$ c {# r7 s
' K, ^" I: {2 m4 R& c& A1 zM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " m" d, q2 z! Q( P" j2 [! \+ K. X% G% _" J4 Q; A' x7 j9 z. m2 N
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。 5 e% M( k2 d* ^2 P2 S. s- M# g" f7 X& |
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.' j* b9 S! n$ X4 E+ w) m" L6 k
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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？1 x) k# E" }2 ?( Y2 Y6 B
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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. * A H7 g! T9 V0 G0 ?7 I4 b* q) ]* ?5 |# |# E- j* Z7 @. I
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。0 F0 g0 B3 x; ^' V' V1 n. P+ {& [. G
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!* _ M- w* x' F6 p; Q9 u4 D
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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！9 X) L* w: m( X1 `0 ^; n
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