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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?, i, K3 ^/ p T' _: `
' ?! N4 l# k" B( J( X. d; iL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。1 k8 R, F$ G# i# @2 x
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?8 `* K' d6 Z% Y/ S4 K- D( |
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good. c7 o' _; d; N( U& q! _/ O% }
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?, m; H( c+ z6 s" n, z
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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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?
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.3 `, E4 r- v$ b# L
7 L: l# ]# g$ u$ bL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?4 k% {. L$ Y2 x1 R4 |$ K
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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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/ f) z- ]# I q7 u8 gL: 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.# F1 D; E! B* Q9 w7 Z6 S
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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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7 p6 d% ~; V$ m4 H) {M: 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)。
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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!. |& a5 _/ x3 ~' g
* b+ H+ I z2 W" v3 V) u) [M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.% N/ q- h. P! J; o( R* m
& o+ `6 q& D# bL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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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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" ?, G8 \1 M0 ^2 Y% z9 ?0 LM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.. U# G/ l$ V) a
+ x, q. A1 a* jL: 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?
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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。* Y, k8 A6 f/ K" k
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.1 \1 s$ X2 F4 V! r* A. A
7 X* ]' N/ g% ~( N1 XL: 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。, g' @6 ]/ Y3 }7 Y& m1 f
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.4 j' ~9 W. z0 Q7 g) w9 r' ]
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.+ U' m2 x5 ^# f1 z; O( b+ y7 M4 W5 t
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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。0 x- x, Q$ L& Y& k" V
; H! O5 g+ A) c" W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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