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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?
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。8 l9 e/ T- ? D
* B% S' W3 W8 E* V6 C6 L7 hM: Ok, let’s go!9 [+ H# k' A7 ]! r) s7 i, [! S- X9 Q
# t0 B2 ~9 c5 Y0 x2 gL: 哟,怎么啦?2 ?) |& n( y2 B ^, I( ?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.$ c# I* Y; j( U, T
L- i- I9 H' `0 o3 E9 \4 NL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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( q, u& @6 E: l) h1 B& q, EM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.; v6 E( @* F- W% A% L6 B( T
2 m+ b4 ?* ~+ V* uL: 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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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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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.- c1 U$ t( R. X/ S
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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.
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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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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!2 `: G/ W( _# g5 O5 f9 Z8 J
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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)。3 |& C% o5 V5 C2 I3 a Z
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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!( P4 K% ?6 T& o& h% z" Z( J! |
" T, E9 Z8 l. aM: 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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* T% ~; a% E' a; j" H- YM: 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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# }& ~* D) j8 R5 V3 I8 _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。, I3 k9 \% U, p- v3 T
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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.6 E* |; z& ^/ |
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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。
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9 J7 t( T, y! p4 ]/ U0 o5 bM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?! x' ~0 f3 N, [" h8 Q
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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。+ L( c3 `2 I8 n X% |1 J
8 ]" I6 s# w! k" Q* l5 o; lM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad." b7 w; ?5 z* n- U( Z9 ?$ r. f
; y7 M, d. V( _# h' `L: 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。. s; g0 G3 M. s2 }, z
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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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0 V# f& ~5 b Y: L! ZL: 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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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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L: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。
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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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