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今天Michael和李华要开车去新泽西州看一个朋友,跟他一起过周末。新泽西州紧挨着纽约,开车只要一个小时就到了。请注意他们俩人讲话当中用的两个词: shot 和 damage。现在他们正准备上车。
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?, i/ t9 n k; f8 V
, p3 u; }/ j: ~# Z C- OL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。+ s1 _1 } t9 m
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M: Ok, let’s go!3 {( `, h6 E1 ~1 [% x
& C( @3 h* p: V: CL: 哟,怎么啦?7 v6 n) A% `: I: S" `
# ^5 k: _% m' m7 k. `3 O' pM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.; o1 K3 U; P/ d. w& ?7 Q& f3 D% E
6 b& C8 I& `2 nL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.) Q: i- E4 e1 y' T6 x x
' \; a$ L$ T. B* F2 ~ ^L: 对啊,shot是指开枪,原来这儿的意思不同,这儿是指什么东西坏了。那我的电脑坏了,也能用shot这个字啊?" @9 p' }( i( s R! X
5 T7 m3 b7 L! B& o! X9 zM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?1 z& \" I7 z9 R* d7 ^; i# Z
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M: Yes, if you hurt your knee, you can say: My knee is shot, or if you hurt your shoulder, you can say: My shoulder is shot.( P+ x/ j v' e+ z6 U8 F
4 G- ?1 X% j: m0 nL: 噢, 要是你的膝盖受伤了,你就可以说:My knee is shot; 要是你的肩膀受了伤,那你就说:My shoulder is shot.
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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" b2 p5 v, R; _ Y& o% V6 v. {3 TL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!: u3 }8 Z, J8 S+ Y
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M: Yep. Let’s go!1 ?7 u& V2 E& e$ K8 k. M
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(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。
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L: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!5 \" c( Q( W* Y" [; G) `. m
" O8 A" D4 w. ^. ]) YM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.) }! a) w* V* z. e
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!# Y0 T; e9 U. Q3 `/ p n9 t7 a
" g: m# A P6 U+ l @, KM: No, the rental car is not damaged! The word damage does mean that, but damage here means the amount of money needed to pay for something." Z2 ^4 J4 V3 _! k5 @
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L: 租的车没有坏,真把我吓一跳。原来又是我的英文有问题。 Damage 这个字很普通,大家都知道是指什么东西坏了。可你指的是为什么东西付的钱。
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+ T: r0 x: T% ^4 V# RM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.- }& [, |9 N1 B0 v( g, H$ p
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L: 我知道了,价钱贵就是:the damage is bad。 价钱不高,那就是: the damage is not bad. 再给我举个例子吧。) l8 v+ R4 I3 Z' d4 @
5 U' z$ l7 k% ?1 M6 Q& r: n* M, j* DM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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6 ^7 F9 u, j% V1 T4 P8 Y+ m- u& {L: 噢,在饭店里吃完晚饭要付钱的时候可以问:“What’s the damage?" 所以租车很贵,the damage is bad. Michael, 别担心,我可以帮你付一点。
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" [7 u% m* c' a; }M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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; a$ V6 n8 Y- nL: 你真好心,知道我买新电脑花了不少钱,所以不要我帮你付。 Michael, 没关系,我能付一点,你还要去修车,也很贵的。
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+ B5 ^! x# ^" b/ E `8 I& [M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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L: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。, t* {& O* Z' Y; G- L6 L% P
$ D. }7 A/ o( Q/ l9 |M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.9 V* F% x) f- d5 u9 X
& b0 [) n2 b- x9 K+ y* |$ fL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。, W( \4 y- n5 _2 N5 r
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今天Michael 教了李华两个年轻人常用的词,一个是shot。 Shot 是指什么东西坏了,或者人体的某个部位受伤了;另外一个词 是damage。这里的damage不是指损坏,而是指为某样东西,或某个交易付的钱。 |
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