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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。 ! |& ]# j. N8 m: j+ v- g
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?" ]% r7 o+ j" k9 d: ~$ U' o
2 ^* q h: H3 A2 ^/ }M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good./ `) V- `/ P* p' S
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?, ]) u! Q$ X. W" U
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.( j/ D6 a2 e8 g4 y, I" r) T, ?
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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?
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% f, R& g$ N8 g- h9 }2 q1 |) ?) m0 cM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.9 W2 y+ p2 P2 {' r9 K" U* W+ I+ c
# C1 u: J x$ |* ^, n' QL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?3 {9 L1 [, q6 z8 t
8 e' i$ C( O, M1 X3 f2 v6 Y$ fM: 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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- Z' ^% D4 |+ w# {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.8 Y8 Q. E+ k/ T0 U
4 s3 J: c, e/ k8 y; _M: 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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3 e& k4 O$ r |9 F- B1 }3 YM: 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)。% S/ P: w W3 W" C8 Q+ i
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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!$ _. l0 R3 q/ i: o& ~1 |! \% q
, [5 j! S; z [: A1 h6 yM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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0 M; i7 d6 n6 s2 ]L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!. W, s2 S0 W2 A1 V$ Y3 J, e( `
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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.! ]! W8 T5 a' l# M1 J% B
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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. {+ P: a( _1 z# c$ E% nM: 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。% b$ ]9 E. x2 I2 u4 i2 g7 x
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?; b5 I4 |& R( D5 H+ d5 A
% \7 t/ f3 k2 M" a/ K# F/ `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。4 [ T: q; q, b: Y) y) i" t! n
& p4 j" a- b3 VM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.7 n0 Z) o8 c, t: r; f. Y1 x
2 @& c ^$ r7 F* k) d9 jL: 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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, r C) w3 r! i i3 x; sM: 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。, B% |- Z+ u, n2 a. M: D
2 U5 g/ E, i& \' \M: 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。8 [7 N! \1 |. B/ j% I& M Q0 W
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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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