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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。 . `8 H4 P6 W9 H6 U7 G( \. |
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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2 J# }- n1 d& [7 a/ ?+ rL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!; F+ G" S, R$ k9 X8 [- I
' N# O+ Y- s! }! eL: 哟,怎么啦?: ?, g) ]# \, v0 {' ]: l/ B. n
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.& [5 ]1 K. F0 K) G
8 }1 f7 ^* I; b6 }; V# [L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?; b0 B9 {7 g% ~+ M) t. _0 F
1 w, K% |; ?" BM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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" l; Y7 V) y8 ~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?0 u+ [* p, H [# J: ~
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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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8 _9 O; q" P; yM: 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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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.9 e/ t) _5 Z* ^9 B
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.8 \$ Y% M- X# |) T) Z4 }& [0 R
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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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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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6 i! S4 v. b) V3 j2 j(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。% p0 W: z5 h$ S* x. J
5 b7 v: Q4 w4 K, P/ AL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!: n( I" N6 {. I" Y2 ~9 m* R
6 H0 l# o8 v4 L, [6 J+ gM: 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!' r$ |3 B1 d2 e9 ~
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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.% R: N. g/ P3 u* I- K# P
+ g+ K2 d; D9 `' M8 _4 n7 KL: 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。4 X9 k9 u5 S j4 _
- f3 Q! M2 {1 J8 n$ \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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3 g# O. x/ F' H* lL: 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。: ^; k$ Z9 f+ H) \
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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5 t' H# O! k% R7 `5 HL: 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。( z5 n4 u, G4 I2 z& ?' u, R8 ~, [
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad./ _& a9 F! l6 z( Y) G
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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。
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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。4 D0 i, K5 {: V% v
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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。/ t; d8 ?8 {+ x/ I% J, S* m
0 T$ E, p8 }% n) I9 U2 M. Z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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