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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?) V9 j9 X7 h8 y4 I! F) [1 v$ @
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!$ {4 W h7 t4 l
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.5 k; |1 M- f# P3 ]
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?0 D7 Q; u/ V0 D! g/ X& Q
# s: \* a) c1 R7 ]! z3 t& k$ `M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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/ X: Q4 I1 N4 E* ?8 }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?
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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3 s; Q( K+ f: ?5 OL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?& D0 X2 I" K3 m% b3 P0 A+ u6 z5 g
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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.- M0 `, O' w1 q: c; w# F/ ?
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; F h- Q7 G! t1 r# J9 tM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.+ z! ?+ E; x1 L& v( x- y5 {4 w$ F
" U' j5 I: B/ G0 u9 aL: 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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3 w' t C) v d' EM: 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)。0 x# a2 i% [ O- @6 `: z% L2 [
g- D; |- ^2 L7 x/ nL: 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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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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8 i3 h. p9 O& d, O$ WL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!7 g: a/ ^. s: Q6 z% g
' E4 x, c/ D5 w; OM: 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.6 j3 ~) E ?4 v( K) c1 P$ m1 x: r" p
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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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# A3 T! a1 v4 |& e; {% TL: 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。4 S7 Z8 S- {0 K$ q) Z, D
Z: s1 _+ |; U% e& }3 LM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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0 \. Q& B( R$ k A5 RL: 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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- j" m# M% d0 \+ e3 ZM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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, a& |( w- c- [7 u& JL: 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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" x2 q( _$ Q5 H4 G7 sM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.) o: d5 |, o: j2 O9 f/ S
! p2 e+ K& a- R+ w" iL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。! f9 b/ R9 \" x$ l; D# f) x
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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。. n/ N. c* R; ]/ t0 U( w0 _1 K: ^4 P
9 r; B. S" T3 W; E! N& D7 I& s/ O8 H6 |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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