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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。 " b* y, `4 K0 e, V
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?$ T" O0 ?. ?+ A( u% s, o8 [6 }
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。/ u( c- }0 g7 y _
h/ P1 X A7 H; L/ z, I. v8 jM: Ok, let’s go!, I2 C' N" D, [1 B' O" @
; j# G6 r( b/ d; F% ?- s' }L: 哟,怎么啦?; T: T, s2 W& Q% t/ e5 l
5 |' V3 T6 M' `0 N( i" V) L3 b4 LM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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0 _ a& y$ c" |0 |" U, wL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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/ M9 d, G; H: j- K; P2 H# n% PM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.- i1 g. N$ Y3 H& n/ [
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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? X4 w+ x4 k0 c7 ]0 {! E1 {, U# a
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.# Q: y4 a% O: u5 g8 j6 |* r- a
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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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.$ j' c% [! o9 J/ i/ V4 H
. |: c9 k* S+ z2 u$ v8 U4 S* AL: 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.$ C6 P2 f$ {' T
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.$ W/ t/ G$ b7 U V, {+ d9 m' ~: M
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1 ]3 @/ W6 |6 d$ V0 Y4 EM: Yep. Let’s go!8 q, U! M7 K; ]6 c* e8 _0 r
: _' N- K0 `% r(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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5 C: u4 D w- ~1 Y1 r- j; DL: 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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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!0 {( K7 v$ h. ~# X6 N) _( B
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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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1 l1 z E* E$ k/ JL: 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。& c5 m H$ G3 q$ ~: q/ o2 @
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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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& z: e9 G b* G& \# F1 T2 EL: 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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: {1 O% z2 K; W0 yL: 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。8 z' e% m0 v! w; W7 \
5 f/ |6 h: j+ t* y4 u$ m! lM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.$ o" A, I* |8 i' U
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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。% f, i6 i8 `* C: @
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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。. t+ a! I6 A3 D0 N% p
+ E9 v5 H6 u" i& h4 n2 h, [M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.$ e* }8 Q* B6 a8 g. n9 M8 e% z
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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。- w) c- @0 G+ `7 h* s
3 Q J+ Z6 I# y6 o7 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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