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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?0 f7 t- V* w' f2 I. D
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。6 L& w- }1 J- b( a1 p
; Z( k! I, _& `M: Ok, let’s go!
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7 A* F7 A% V. _8 D) \! J- |L: 哟,怎么啦?8 }7 a' O2 w: B8 b0 r
- c% Y3 U# F7 _/ d; B8 S% eM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.; O, [; X* v! ?! w( C' H
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?% B6 P0 c" [2 X4 c
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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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/ ~* H# C9 }; ]4 ^% ?8 gL: 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?6 B& `: H" B' F4 s+ [
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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5 F& d$ t9 P+ Z1 E/ Z( J+ mL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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7 H- B1 C* O* M: G! nM: 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 C3 I% ]1 Y9 i: x! V
3 K, }7 Z- x% CL: 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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) w. g& V" v& |$ nM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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+ U8 N, x) V8 y1 i/ L( hL: 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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: W. G7 u+ j8 C5 ~9 C5 cM: 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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% K4 h$ E# `, w4 J7 a! q9 }: RL: 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.7 f, m; ^. ?+ @
5 Z- {/ h; s# c, v" t" e$ bL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!9 Q& H* }2 r" O6 P
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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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* D+ m6 F3 M/ LL: 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。; L3 w7 u+ m/ D* U, \
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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.
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" j& l# |/ [0 q. I3 i' P; JL: 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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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。
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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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* b8 E$ _2 D/ l3 t) s) X& iL: 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。( Y# H$ ^3 c7 o% \. U( \' _9 _
/ s4 v9 C& q& e( S5 O+ uM: 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。
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( H1 r/ M0 h4 uM: 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。
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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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