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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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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。% ?- M0 ?& n' a3 Z# n, G5 F
B( S4 |3 B, N# I! H) H) t( z% \; |% I( QM: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?6 T3 E# ?* M; f. f. f- Y
1 R3 @- C) h5 _, yM: 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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3 D7 T" e# i* o8 RM: 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?. y/ Z3 o* o4 y9 }& M+ ]' A3 F
8 O4 d6 v( @: y, XM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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$ r6 @" g3 G0 d# {4 c, Q0 A; yL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?2 m, X* Z& W6 O
' L: W+ c+ A i- D2 b# cM: 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 z: `2 x1 g; }7 ]6 v4 F
+ M( H: m( E F$ IL: 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.4 b" l6 n% _ B" b: X, q d
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot. ?+ t7 }% t, W- J- c8 E
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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!" v3 ~+ v) c8 D- p O% D+ V
) c* \/ e# n5 F y. U% L& L) gM: Yep. Let’s go!
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6 u, Y2 {, \* \(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。6 j) Q( _- j; U
4 {4 ~# A3 D, j- J3 }L: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!- I0 x$ J9 A7 o; u4 Q% g
6 |* i0 z1 z( V7 L: b% Z, nM: 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!; ~) M1 w( N5 G
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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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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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M: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.5 i- E! n& u- [+ Z3 {9 A
Y$ r" Q# G! d- {1 aL: 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。5 _: o4 {& g/ r; C- j+ X [$ ^
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?# F. H; z( j% q p( ~; }
* `* o( h: L4 e7 O7 `; q0 Y" lL: 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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$ @% o9 u' U* \7 U% [& x' S1 C. oM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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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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! {( x, r a- D: a4 y3 ~+ V8 G. fM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.( U8 q' X3 h" z5 ]4 u
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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。; Z' ]: t6 W4 ]: p
( Z9 E, W6 T5 yM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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- w. A* u1 L- j" d& fL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。
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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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