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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?+ P) E& o; W8 g/ t% }- l
8 `! M x8 q7 UL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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1 \- `' Z( U0 V% H1 P! C5 l1 dM: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?7 \- j2 h b' P- e$ e" G- t
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.: ^0 l5 G5 M% X0 I" ^- J
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?# a! I+ F9 P. ?( G0 b
5 x3 g1 _( j- S, M- p# MM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.6 T+ c, L' d: T+ G* B) t! P' J
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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?8 v; L- L# H* n5 U6 P, G* q
8 ]7 L+ U z5 A; f# H* k* g0 | LM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.0 _; U, x2 I* k% l. H6 }/ a d
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?7 S+ ~9 R. E* H" D" @) w7 W
- k3 s: Y& J% EM: 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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1 [) L& p: p* c! H9 P+ c# \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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* E2 |& s, k9 tM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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* D% P+ u0 V/ p5 F& W. iL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!. e5 e3 L& G/ M( ?* T# ~* m; \
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M: Yep. Let’s go!/ @1 l3 i/ N6 \. F' t; B
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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)。0 s5 q) ]/ D: u$ a6 C7 I9 k. E- j
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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!, A4 w5 {, g/ ~: G9 w; h. n
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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6 q4 R/ F* x7 e/ sL: 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。$ z# A2 y# v# O4 f; @' j
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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.9 Y% g) K! t* V
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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。6 X, I" ~7 @6 T/ k' ~/ C/ g
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?$ h. e* V4 r- j4 ]
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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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6 s D: e5 l( G) W3 @' c+ I1 F+ QM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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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。6 s( @4 L6 z3 E- q0 M5 H, d
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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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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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: q0 ?$ Z3 z2 oL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。0 Z# ?& j$ T& c2 T9 W
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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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