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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 `! u( k, l" j0 I) l; w
! L2 P& |7 e5 Y: _M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?7 B( Y( v9 u) Z% P2 f
( k( m; g' V& J3 n! Z1 A; eL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。' n g6 p1 `2 P# F9 v0 X
" k0 \3 _- j+ N# [* a% g+ q3 RM: Ok, let’s go!
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( `& ?& p5 O: Q4 L; F/ KL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.9 b/ i! h% M" z# l8 g5 A
3 N. i3 h0 Y0 D! K# S' zL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?# u" e5 } g* A3 ~% V% ^4 l/ e
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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?" p. h0 z: N' o- j
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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6 n; V6 Q) K' \7 c+ pL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说? i8 x' g& C) L9 D& I; B* G; V
. x: j' \$ i9 q; K( vM: 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.
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.% L! |( g8 c2 X. c( O, C- b+ X4 }
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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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( p& K" H* C* }; K* p; N( CM: Yep. Let’s go!0 e2 B6 M: H$ W- a" {, d1 v
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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)。& Q. ?# m& g8 w, n- R
$ i" E; {* [2 }0 D# G2 WL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!9 V5 r* U6 [* N; x, P
( T' v" L. f5 J6 DM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.3 M3 f6 T9 u3 q9 j" F& E
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!4 ]8 u4 s9 D2 {# T J9 Y3 L9 |- {
`5 G! h. J1 ]; C( Q0 c5 i, NM: 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 t) [( B, L4 X+ K+ {
- g/ h8 y; [. m0 |) }L: 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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4 J1 d- Q& t' L( u, @8 XM: 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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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。6 {- _; e' V5 j# M
: z3 @# q. K6 ~' H3 s$ `6 mM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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0 m, ^8 O6 B# S, ?+ ] T; N7 H* r9 ^( \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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! r0 j/ Z% t) O8 D0 t2 f* hM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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& L7 D0 e8 R/ G! |/ m% A& Z0 LL: 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。" i) S3 V8 I, K2 |, h& ~& k
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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。! w( Y$ A0 k& o* I8 y1 V9 r+ o
& L2 E* j J: kM: 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。" B" r3 S' T$ @( q# `# I' k: h+ r
$ R( G! M; V: ]9 o8 c" U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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