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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。 + S) Z0 {" a z$ l
/ g( |3 D8 G$ N# [3 I7 z4 JM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?, P7 D0 M$ X/ h& y& h! y
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。3 e5 K; {* y$ \+ ]/ b; x% u5 z
0 X1 c( b- K% @6 b- D2 VM: Ok, let’s go!/ D7 M4 ?% D; z9 n7 b
9 @; H& Z% i8 ^( JL: 哟,怎么啦?5 O4 P3 Z+ Z5 N/ [7 B: @
% a' K9 W, L$ P$ W9 K2 q4 r) T O0 _M: 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?8 c: B h% m, Y
( t3 z6 x3 j; f9 R; \, jM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.$ n8 B5 o) m* C, ~% ?
6 {; m0 M4 J' }/ L a" I( @# S 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?& @5 {5 v) b& S
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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4 g) I) P' y) f2 l: LL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?* M* [0 W8 t$ y% o/ C7 f) u
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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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5 ?5 u/ q2 P5 r* m! XL: 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" Q9 V" Z( mM: 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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$ Q, U' Q8 S) N# e& O$ pM: Yep. Let’s go!
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- }, c3 b4 h4 L& B2 E! o' }& Y(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。5 I" C3 H5 ]+ X I) F8 }
, l- j/ [$ R: M. sL: 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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+ B1 A& d- A$ \" ^1 c* DM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.# C9 v2 I3 E) h# a2 }/ Y; ~( y+ F
* ?8 Q0 A7 A& K: yL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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- T( L6 n" l* ]# r* X' m; DM: 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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" H. n% K1 _% Z! u9 g" zM: 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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% J0 o( F: D8 Z. [5 A/ V) _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。) X4 L1 R6 }6 p; \/ q
/ c# x6 y4 f4 h0 g( q lM: 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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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。+ f+ H C! g, Q! J! B5 J8 V5 k
$ h& K4 n z [3 E* SM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.) V6 |& U/ \1 Z) \# U7 W
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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。( \7 H F/ {8 _. ~' O
8 |* A, J1 k/ x% k1 q2 R4 EM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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3 c; V) q5 R1 d. v; W' b+ g; LL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。/ E7 b2 I7 E+ o: F% }6 o$ N9 r G6 Z
9 ?% h) F; H# ~9 x" U# M S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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