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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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, \3 `2 @6 ]( O$ [- k- `M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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) T! Z, y* Z7 G4 t/ LL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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' {) Y3 |& ]+ L, Y( WM: Ok, let’s go!3 K$ S3 P, ~5 n" ~
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.9 D/ o5 l, j. d
( C/ t% X. Q! F" Y* j" ML: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦? ^3 ]! Z0 @6 N2 p; Q
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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?1 }; u2 C/ U& k6 C% ? a
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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, G+ b6 ^, U6 fL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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; _( Y, \# p1 MM: 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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4 `' |4 [6 C! o* M5 e6 v1 nL: 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.0 D# g$ C8 p, d0 t/ Z! m
8 E9 e I2 g0 u; BM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot., h& H ]6 e- B5 N6 }
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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!% T8 ~9 }1 b* ~. a* D
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M: 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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' E' m* C4 ^. k/ W4 ~, Z) R3 {L: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了! [2 u5 F( u3 Z/ r, p# _7 h5 E
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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!+ {" s/ m# i+ a
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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./ X* d3 T6 p/ B: U% U/ u
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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。& {* U* C8 b" N ^: x% }
: N/ r6 X' R1 |M: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.2 `$ Q$ @, H/ v+ i) w
2 f9 w1 l* Y+ c/ e7 X7 @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。' h7 B2 m+ n4 ?2 Y
I0 _( q. b ~6 A) {M: 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。' e1 I" M; K# D/ U1 ^
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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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. R: E5 B" P, u) I6 ]- {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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5 g# j ~/ W1 C. Y) ]M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.* }: G( W' w. q2 C8 U2 \
" u: U+ W% l% q& U, DL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。* O1 v2 F& M# E0 j9 f. }9 n
8 d) S2 r( n) i1 \9 ]' HM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.- A! }- u9 P" X
* p/ I; e* K0 C! G9 P0 t+ M xL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。6 R2 p2 Z/ Z" A: d; b4 W( K8 L
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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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