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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。 9 w& T k/ i6 q0 h4 o4 ?7 |& T
' Q/ u5 @/ j; z$ [" a& ]0 ?$ VM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?! @9 I) v7 u! e& n5 _( T
6 z' \ Y6 m; c. A) aL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。$ `; B6 q+ q4 ^/ ^. }% U' I
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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: ?4 z7 `8 j9 [M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?' n; _& R; I% y e. _6 P" P
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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?: M9 G. \/ }9 I+ d! [; R0 x
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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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4 t- |5 e* J5 Y: [& A% NM: 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.: E6 P/ S+ z! M9 R
% k, ?! B/ Z8 @: ~2 Q6 H/ oL: 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.2 A1 d! r. C2 p3 G6 X
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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* S9 Z+ Y7 N% Z/ b" o7 hL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!8 L; E# \/ Y2 ?3 {% y1 j$ N. X
. n) a/ I! p4 J& R* v: WM: Yep. Let’s go!6 l1 O" E/ S4 p' c' f/ B3 \- z- h
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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)。1 V, F" f( f P* S
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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!
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, p6 L3 ^) ~: Y+ s# AM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.7 k. t+ O7 }1 j
( [: {4 j2 C; z6 EL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!: b5 R1 O7 Q3 |! }
5 b1 Q y" q; d3 _8 V, mM: 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.# ?9 s: v% l+ w1 K( e% O1 K# B8 P
2 p( g7 i- @ C ^6 t: RL: 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。5 s) U) _/ ?" `8 k9 h
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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.: R! ?: `7 f- s& n4 _
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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。
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?" Y8 N0 i9 k8 f7 T6 U( x. u
2 L0 D" T! b8 q% d0 o; oL: 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。# s: G# v6 T2 u9 S7 i/ `8 y A
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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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1 K# W1 b. m' P" sL: 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。' n6 I5 o& c$ y4 p# w* Z7 ^
% F, a/ E& J9 P; I5 eM: 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。' H6 Z. z8 H' G/ t6 Y; J
, ]+ V8 ^% ]/ g! D% W9 b( vM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.: u; Q% u' k2 m1 Q
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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。! d! Y6 r$ `& a2 n( ~; a
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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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