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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。 0 ~- v8 k2 n+ n, \# P
( T7 m% U' y; ~8 n2 VM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?, u2 _( E- t3 U; T9 E7 }: V
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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! D/ u: T0 a U) j9 [M: Ok, let’s go!8 l8 i1 @0 X2 Z0 g g
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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, \3 F2 B' h$ g. eL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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. D. w; Q( u1 K1 l3 l" ZM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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2 F# n5 J2 K/ H9 ML: 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?- M7 D2 \# o" J1 n! h, U
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.; b- o+ r* F$ G9 {+ t
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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.
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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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/ I; V+ h6 A# ~. i6 m+ w0 ?* A. fM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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; u" [6 m& r( T" S) Z3 _7 z/ }7 wL: 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!' Z1 O* q. Q! B+ ?9 u
( g3 o6 N4 Y" e/ d(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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7 B: V+ h/ @7 fL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!6 b$ J- H: C0 n9 m( ]7 `9 O
& b4 Q$ a5 Y2 C) oM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.4 s! S7 ~% J3 Z$ a. g* T
" m: L, j, i3 WL: 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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2 Q a8 Z' [0 f0 C* oL: 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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( S: k7 v2 g" y9 eM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad., v" H& G4 {" u5 J
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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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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?+ m R9 @7 p' o9 _& _
8 `- F- i+ o; I1 k4 aL: 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。. z) |& p" S2 ]8 O% `* o) ^! B
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.3 U2 Z+ l4 t! ]& T5 z4 Z$ Y
3 U- q9 h V' m& \% Q; b/ ?. dL: 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. A7 P; g& j! ?1 O; {$ q7 X+ u
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.8 {* C! u; {& ]) O% F9 q1 u
) O: z0 R4 b* Z' k/ d8 ~L: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。" @, o7 D8 s; v4 @# y9 F
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.: Q/ i7 Z* k6 P8 s; ~ x
4 N$ ?% Z/ \; P7 _L: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。, N0 V5 e1 a9 @
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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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