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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。 * h* k8 @' @0 t
2 R, [* W/ O9 i4 P% [M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?/ n3 H# Y% E3 @* K
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!+ _1 K' B( a# s8 f+ l! u' ?6 R
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L: 哟,怎么啦?2 F C: F* W9 l Q4 J
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good." R. b2 l7 P6 s1 c0 s
" m1 D& W0 `' @4 B& ~L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?! U3 T# J) X5 ~$ u, e. 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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: Z# N/ P. D% `8 ZL: 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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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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* I b4 j Z; B0 wM: 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.+ q2 f h( e+ ]; H* Q. J
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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.& ]8 p; ?+ l# I8 t
* E! Q5 M* ]6 B, n9 L8 yM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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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!5 h) i4 f% B8 l4 ? S8 w; C
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M: Yep. Let’s go!& p7 k1 R$ }( W1 K& [
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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)。/ U. Q" Q* E- u
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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!$ [+ L" K; Z! X
" K4 m, N* z$ O6 I. v7 aM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.3 y4 W3 b3 H- e
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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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9 G" o- v( d; s% T8 GM: 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。
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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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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。/ _% S6 i: U3 y( u
( D, n6 M5 {9 w( _* J3 bM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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2 c+ O5 H- g6 X+ h* mL: 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。. t. Q& t; ]/ x. Z
: A# }7 C" p3 E- N4 T& N& ?+ wM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.# p9 ?) `' T, K" e4 C3 v( H) M
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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。* ~- b4 S$ S8 V/ B
b' g# O! H. [* m( cM: 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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- T* c- }0 l9 I5 d1 }" PM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot. Y7 E% |" A# O8 M
3 C2 Q9 K5 \, w3 H& ZL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。. A/ C: z" [ T8 [; G
4 D& n) L, a8 A% Q E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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