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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。 % i3 O/ l& _! J3 r1 |2 D' _( K: \" g
5 r$ r y$ R% g( v! M3 b- XM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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* s e/ d8 O* ~8 hM: Ok, let’s go!
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2 Z2 a7 b4 ^9 g) r8 ZL: 哟,怎么啦?9 k- c1 Y) i6 x1 @
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.) N7 l. |- m8 c" q J4 X
9 _3 g) w7 V7 d, \: L+ nL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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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?( J; h+ B: x% w; i+ W3 B
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.1 ?( v4 q2 s' t+ f
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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6 ]/ Z' q6 x o7 E' tM: 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.7 O; M' G) H$ Z M9 ~
5 W# ^# ~. i7 M+ Y% l# JL: 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.* Y2 r6 b# a$ X, c
) K0 p- A# f0 Q1 y" m1 g3 uM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot. ]& M w/ C" T4 b3 u) |0 g
: H& p2 `$ t0 o9 LL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!' M5 B. r8 @8 B
. H ?0 b9 I2 P u- |4 zM: 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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5 G% p1 N+ X. I D* YL: 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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. K# q4 Z8 M% e0 d9 d' ~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!. _% D- d3 n# X, d8 D+ X6 U% e
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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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" P4 j4 \( l+ H" 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。
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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.* Q5 b8 k" y. K+ o: a6 W
$ Z+ Q1 {$ U) p; u! ^1 \$ c8 M- i6 pL: 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?! P: o. u, v8 e! e
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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。( x* D7 k* M6 |& `0 l% \; o6 `
5 n9 n; N; \, m, B- G6 zM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.: h( N: t3 w7 N2 l* b
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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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+ v) R, Z9 z, U/ iM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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W6 s$ p2 E& g4 JL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。3 k+ S& b! v0 B
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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。7 m' @5 O2 b0 E; O6 h
" K. B; k2 {1 O2 w; \$ J2 W+ j- b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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