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2026.03.17 17:28
第二部 第十二课: buck , whatever
- Michael 和李华都為今天的考试苦苦準备了整整一个星期。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，轻鬆轻鬆。李华会学到两个常用语，一个是：buck; 另一个是：whatever。
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- Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?
- 啊？你说什麼？哦！电影还没有开场，你问我要不要买点吃的呀？嗯，我本来想买一杯可乐，可是买了票，没钱了，算了吧！
- Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.
- 你说什麼啊？一杯可乐不是要两块七毛五吗？你怎麼说 "only a few bucks" 呢？
- Bucks, b-u-c-k-s, Buck is an informal way to say "dollar".
- 哟，buck 就是 dollar！是非正式的名称。嗨，我昨天要买一块糖，你给我一美元，那我就可以说： You gave me a buck. 对不对？
- 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...
- 得了得了，你用不着提醒我了啦，我知道，那天啊借了你几块钱吃午饭，上星期借了你十块钱买化学书，不就是借了两回吗！你怎麼啦，怕我不还啊？
- No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.
- 得了吧！要给我举例子，跟钱有关的事多着呢，為什麼非要举我向你借钱的例子呢！
- Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.
- 要我给你举个例子啊，行，那还不容易！ 你看我这件毛衣，款式很新型，纯毛的喔，还是名牌呢，你猜多钱？ Five bucks！
- Five bucks! I can't believe it!
- 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!
- Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!
- 真倒霉！得了得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影快开场了。
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- Michael，这电影可真棒！
- 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.
- 啊？你从来没看过这麼傻的电影？寧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！
- Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be 50 years old now!
- 哎，Michael, 你说 whatever，在这裡是什麼意思呀？比如说：You can buy whatever you want. 意思就是：你想买什麼都行。可是，你刚才说一个字 whatever，口气也不同，好像意思不一样哎。
- The word "whatever" I said is the same as in your example, w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r, But when someone says "whatever" like this: "whatever," he is being sarcastic. He thinks what you just said is nonsense.
- 哦～，原来是这麼回事儿。你说的 whatever 和我举的例子裡的 whatever 是一个字．可是，说的调调不一样就表示说话的人在讽刺对方，认為对方说的是废话。哎，好，又学会一个词。不过，Michael，你不喜欢这部电影是不是你认為 Piers Brosnan 不漂亮？ 你是妒忌他吧？
- Ha! Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.
- 得了吧！对，Piers Brosnan 年记是不小了，也比以前胖了。可是我认為他还是很帅。你自己不也比以前胖了嘛。
- I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!
- 唉，非要说看这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！
- Whatever!
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- 李华今天学到了两个常用语，一个是： buck，这是指美「元」；另一个常用语就是： whatever，这是表示「说话的人对对方说的话很不以為然」，就像中文裡说的「得了吧」。
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