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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。 ; q( v0 \" S: ?
8 }2 L# l1 ?/ t6 C0 ?5 {: X# JM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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8 a8 h4 g4 X+ m- kL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!' N( n$ o; a2 [# w- t
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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; d- Z+ F4 m. I/ _# AM: 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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0 o% {% x! z6 T+ n! N5 qL: 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 {4 V1 o+ n3 t$ F, L; P( Z
- q: y/ K$ o- jM: 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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4 p1 z6 ? h( E9 H' o C3 tM: 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., k, w$ k7 |6 ~5 F5 r! B
7 g, Q/ D* [5 Y1 E$ w# ?M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot." ]8 h4 O+ Z S9 p8 q$ P
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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!. v# E& Z4 t4 I
1 L3 i+ G6 `. f9 A3 C8 `8 jM: 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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2 B, ]6 A3 B& D" t mL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!$ Z5 l) J! v5 _: [
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.- v/ }% p5 E- B& O2 l3 O* j* H Y& }
* j2 b3 p8 A5 e+ o+ NL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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. S! D3 ]6 S9 d: AM: 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.6 z- Z3 ]" P* V6 R
& T, f7 H2 Y( Q) I, l9 JL: 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。; v7 P! ]* ~8 q6 j) }' `
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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.8 G# U5 t4 m% O9 y* ?- p
# g1 h1 S' d: |' s3 l. SL: 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。
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8 y! a& P7 k3 y M, S% C9 o& ]. j2 K4 ~+ QM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?( h- X8 k, a( d% v' r B8 c' @
' Q+ ? l: W6 }4 J: r& jL: 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。) h! i4 K% g. ]# W
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.) |! C+ ?2 Y! e( g, J
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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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- x8 z6 l" ]& c: A- K0 nM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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$ ]% E' v* L1 u+ C! [' gL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。5 m {: F' e5 r( J* {2 C- K
8 J5 P) v# Z9 s4 P# X; QM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.; K% I1 x2 k* [9 r' M6 |. r) x
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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。5 @4 \7 y1 v5 {, o$ G& T
+ J6 o3 {' ?7 w: t- l- y6 }1 z! {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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