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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。 5 N! \+ t5 I! r% B5 j- P
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?4 {( u; V! u2 X0 x" u+ i
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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7 G+ R$ U3 N: NL: 哟,怎么啦?
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?, P8 r8 m5 [( C$ L
4 l7 }, p# [4 s3 _: Z/ WM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.' Q9 |3 d8 r+ P; p+ q# u
5 C2 S( I! E! d. s0 Y' B: ?& [; b3 O& EL: 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?/ J1 a) t" C4 k% ]% H, |
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.$ z5 H) o( C6 V
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?7 K4 }. U6 L% f2 o# H8 W8 [
9 U2 g G0 d6 \! zM: 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.& M0 [% Q& |# _
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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.0 K6 b- `' S* C- F i+ Z
! E) `# d2 S0 C+ Z* ]$ m8 AM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.3 c# j( A# P% U
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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!6 d" n, H* U0 c8 G4 E7 l& y8 {4 S1 w) \
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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)。2 W. L3 Q0 H$ q! C) G: L
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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!
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) W) s: {& x' qM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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* J, Q! Z# i2 H% aL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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+ d3 Z7 o! H t* a2 R+ }. D1 z0 V- CM: 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.; f: _+ q& O* H/ T" n
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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。) N. }( Y9 i+ h s) b. H
! A4 K) g4 `, y0 j- y; S" UM: 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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" x0 |7 S1 S& F3 [9 B9 C7 {3 V; NL: 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。
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?8 o6 s" {& L$ j$ e) `
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad. d2 q/ X5 P s
# n6 E E6 o0 kL: 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.0 \6 {& j% D, B2 w% L, W) J
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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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- `) N3 H# c" r: F, X' NM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.+ P5 i, I, ^& J3 n G# P) q; R( ?0 i
, g g' w) B# j6 H# |- qL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。) Y6 z+ ?0 a( i* h c/ F
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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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