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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。
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: I6 |) r: B0 W/ c$ _0 X5 H2 P5 aM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?! O; r* t" x: X% b) N# F5 M
2 i. Z }7 {5 J* G; l2 BL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。# W$ j+ y3 |4 U8 T. \- L
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M: Ok, let’s go!% `7 }5 ^9 b4 n% I; Z* ^* I! D, o
4 |+ s Y* T w/ O i& N4 z1 dL: 哟,怎么啦?+ ]& @( K; m i* m3 v$ C+ k
3 x1 _) k. n, P5 _. ^7 FM: 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?
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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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: k* o) N L% C" n9 E5 B3 aL: 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?4 h5 r0 Q0 P5 g1 J0 y
9 r! N! X" K& HM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.& m- C* f3 U5 |2 X* P: ]
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?; p; j7 v9 [: U
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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.2 N5 K$ C- j9 g8 K# j
. X0 d' X* ^$ h9 ]$ BL: 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.1 R- w( \7 ^5 K' _7 o" x/ Q7 Z$ r, }
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.1 q" H* y# f/ B$ |& ^3 z- [
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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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}4 I6 j9 r( k" @8 b9 G) K(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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1 C) q% ?- S% H9 V, b5 wL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!3 Y8 C, O& a1 W. b, [
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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3 P* ^7 [0 l( m c* d, w% X) pL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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4 M/ |& g9 L- h% jM: 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.1 ~) o- e5 V, r/ F9 D
& \7 f% O6 [$ R/ n) aL: 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。1 r: V+ k8 y: Y* W
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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.- N1 {1 F; I, w
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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。1 w' g) A1 c' l
& ]8 D) p7 D) @6 PM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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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。
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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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- `2 \% i, _! M4 l$ r; DL: 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。* {" D2 Q$ ? n4 T4 E1 R( v
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad., V# G2 |6 h% A! [8 \5 O* U
! Q9 c! U3 N" e0 w$ c+ m9 k5 uL: 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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/ @& P/ j3 }0 t! Y8 U# X @M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot. s" h( J6 P% c! P4 \# A
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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。/ @! _: S5 c V, N: E1 `
. ~. c+ ^ i' Q+ U9 c$ T" Q. a( R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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