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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。 & o! n: T5 I3 v1 S
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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3 @6 W d# m* S$ GM: Ok, let’s go!$ n6 G+ q9 A2 ?. s8 F
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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3 b* j! b4 n: `, }9 B6 PL: 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.2 a0 W$ ~/ h2 K. \2 g) H @/ _
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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?9 Y0 ~$ y! c/ g7 r
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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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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.
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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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9 B, I' O$ E6 j" u6 x( @5 rM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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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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2 H( Y L: t) kM: 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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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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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.' F7 [1 Y: Q R' p8 w
5 N) M' ^& Z2 X/ @L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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o; \6 Q; Y" C9 R( z( `' |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。: m0 C4 M7 ]& P& w! w( [1 t
- J! W; G' u, ^8 |M: 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。# s6 m6 p4 M6 E6 Q M' i+ Z
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?- I, Y/ e& ^# N9 t
3 e6 c& h9 ^$ \: `& ~9 GL: 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。, D7 m3 D3 I# g9 S* Q0 V5 e
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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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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。. y8 M( _& S+ [" W" q) X6 d7 n
, v' S' n5 x, i, i3 P& {8 s( D1 aM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad. Q! E8 M" G) V
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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" z& m+ B- ^' ?: A, |
9 s P& U% i2 g; m8 UM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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; ^* m+ u5 w1 T, A! pL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。1 E; v/ P8 ~0 T# |
9 M) ~, |6 ]; ^( M( V. ~ H3 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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