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2024.04.17 05:53
第二部 第十二課: buck , whatever
- Michael 和李華都為今天的考試苦苦準備了整整一個星期。他們倆剛考完，都覺得自己考得不錯。倆人決定去看一場電影，輕鬆輕鬆。李華會學到兩個常用語，一個是：buck; 另一個是：whatever。
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- Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?
- 啊？你說什麼？哦！電影還沒有開場，你問我要不要買點吃的呀？嗯，我本來想買一杯可樂，可是買了票，沒錢了，算了吧！
- Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.
- 你說什麼啊？一杯可樂不是要兩塊七毛五嗎？你怎麼說 "only a few bucks" 呢？
- Bucks, b-u-c-k-s, Buck is an informal way to say "dollar".
- 喲，buck 就是 dollar！是非正式的名稱。嗨，我昨天要買一塊糖，你給我一美元，那我就可以說： You gave me a buck. 對不對？
- 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，你用不著提醒我了啦，我知道，那天啊借了你幾塊錢吃午飯，上星期借了你十塊錢買化學書，不就是借了兩回嗎！你怎麼啦，怕我不還啊？
- No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.
- 得了吧！要給我舉例子，跟錢有關的事多著呢，為什麼非要舉我向你借錢的例子呢！
- Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.
- 要我給你舉個例子啊，行，那還不容易！ 你看我這件毛衣，款式很新型，純毛的喔，還是名牌呢，你猜多錢？ Five bucks！
- Five bucks! I can't believe it!
- 清倉大減價嘛！ 可是，Michael，我去商店的時候，停車停錯了地方，吃了一張罰票， it costs me 50 bucks!
- Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!
- 真倒霉！得了得了，別說了。去買可樂吧！電影快開場了。
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- Michael，這電影可真棒！
- 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？你從來沒看過這麼傻的電影？寧可花這七塊錢去好好吃頓飯！ Michael, 你真怪！我非常喜歡 Piers Brosnan，他長得多帥呀！
- Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be 50 years old now!
- 哎，Michael, 你說 whatever，在這裡是什麼意思呀？比如說：You can buy whatever you want. 意思就是：你想買什麼都行。可是，你剛才說一個字 whatever，口氣也不同，好像意思不一樣哎。
- 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～，原來是這麼回事兒。你說的 whatever 和我舉的例子裡的 whatever 是一個字．可是，說的調調不一樣就表示說話的人在諷刺對方，認為對方說的是廢話。哎，好，又學會一個詞。不過，Michael，你不喜歡這部電影是不是你認為 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！對，Piers Brosnan 年記是不小了，也比以前胖了。可是我認為他還是很帥。你自己不也比以前胖了嘛。
- I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!
- 唉，非要說看這電影是浪費七塊美元。得了，Michael, 你還是省點錢吧，沒准我下回還要問你借呢！
- Whatever!
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- 李華今天學到了兩個常用語，一個是： buck，這是指美「元」；另一個常用語就是： whatever，這是表示「說話的人對對方說的話很不以為然」，就像中文裡說的「得了吧」。
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