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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。 " N5 J4 U2 } w6 q
. E2 ]# T0 v, |( w, A/ K/ `/ YM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?6 M3 f. P# g" P! Z6 z8 i5 f, }
/ w9 D- ]+ R# G% D4 H( x$ e' pL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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- d4 x8 f" i- g& j7 DM: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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; f' i( I& e# m, Y* }( {3 }! Y* \M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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2 d. V5 D. H, z7 E- PL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?0 b8 m, e1 Y7 B& M" _4 e
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.' h+ r6 B; P6 X. Q( U& X( R9 |
) ]2 [2 Q i g! @( _- r( jL: 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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9 R* x8 J* N2 R3 q: D) OM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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5 D8 `2 e" Y+ H! X/ K* EL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?+ C; V3 m2 h5 |: Y) J; z4 I
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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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* Q$ b1 `( v; tL: 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.% Z& X1 J4 E6 U# |
# T( j3 _5 l; R( SM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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# N5 [- D, A4 \7 y& i* iL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!1 K) T' U* S& @' G
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M: Yep. Let’s go!& a* Z& b; @ Z
& G& I9 u6 p! Z1 p7 w(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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L: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!6 `- r, w9 k/ n
6 q5 |' m- x' |# K) v# ?M: 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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* ~1 Y2 [) }4 N- \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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B8 A7 g d4 T# p tL: 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。6 c* e1 s/ \$ }* T
0 `/ V% N1 a: _, ~6 O, J9 u* o" uM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.( c! [6 n5 H) \$ a) B- @# 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。# H3 p5 j" z3 Q
( J1 H3 [& u$ ]5 M7 R, Q3 IM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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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。/ |6 c8 }9 {, t7 M
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M: 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。' { f3 k7 B! r: M3 y+ i Z( _
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.; a, e( S1 l. n& t
0 l. B, h1 E# y$ i( {; U6 @( aL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。8 o+ A* F' N$ S1 {0 P" h8 n: ]
! h& |# F* r& G2 Q1 mM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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- E$ u8 ?( D* cL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。# s2 t* j2 ]& ] T" C
: K" u) O3 v6 Y# n( Y+ c: K9 d+ o( o6 k; s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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