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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。 ) }( ^- a4 }4 b2 ?& A7 {$ A/ h: }8 R
9 X% ?% W+ }: d6 d& B0 p( }, C( zM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?: m0 Q/ _ E9 {4 q
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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8 J1 i" U+ I3 uM: Ok, let’s go!& u- B" _, I, |1 X' r; y' `
4 ~" {2 w. r: L) l* P: o3 sL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.# V; W U9 f% u) @) w ^0 Q: D
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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8 }& _, K6 v! f9 ? U0 D( FM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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2 T. M7 o$ g( V* D( IL: 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?
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9 d& q t2 M& i4 L5 I( `# wM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.7 c% K& }8 y. X( r# g
' D5 ~" E9 X) c% O/ O% SL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?/ s0 L$ `% Y3 z6 B
0 Z- M4 b6 s6 B8 g7 s8 I" wM: 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.9 f# Z! B# B( O+ F% ^- q
& m4 V: i8 i- }# [L: 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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) G3 k' Q8 D1 @+ |: c0 A4 R+ A* K) fM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.' c" [( G$ M3 W+ C7 S
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L: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!
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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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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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0 c/ J# Q! e; _" }! c5 iL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!1 A9 B5 ^9 ^+ U7 L8 m2 a# |
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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M: 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.
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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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M: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.
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A! Z! y: c8 k: D8 u* M K' \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。: Z! Z- m( k& O$ f C& c
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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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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1 V, h+ |( J8 JM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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$ `8 V# a" M, c. G( c: p8 uL: 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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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。
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: }& s; n% y, w; q1 y+ N1 LM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.5 ]) ^! Y, a) q. B" N
3 S9 s' w2 K' g2 `L: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。7 {5 {& A" f4 L( k9 z6 b/ ]
( g" H: ]; L" d, S! e9 _# _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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