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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。 ) B/ B% D) K% F1 m3 i& ]6 W" |
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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; q! C; b* ^# YL: 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?- t8 j$ }9 B* Q( d/ c# w5 n7 c; d& m
" }8 b& |5 F% J- v' |( F% v3 {M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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9 U, {0 o4 J( B8 {; rL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?2 D% G L! I( G( F: _) i
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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?! x- U R. f% A# F! v+ H, z2 B
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.' J+ y) N% h2 T4 L' R: T6 T
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?4 x6 x: G3 N" q% l0 V% {8 p
( ^ r( y% j) K [+ IM: 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." X& E- B. t; c+ j! z& j
. {0 W) a) h+ {* bL: 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." }3 {5 b4 a. l* t6 O
7 F, z8 K6 v- ?: ]' ?0 [$ o, I5 uM: 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!9 u1 O5 U( B# Z) a
8 l; R8 z H- `: p1 fM: Yep. Let’s go!
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* D: B4 o9 M$ h" B7 F! F5 {7 b9 V% C(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。1 O7 V) i2 p- `
2 ~& p! @0 H; f, S& aL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!" y1 D) L0 X1 H' t1 F3 e
( m. B8 T4 T) W7 U6 bM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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/ N! z+ h! ^" DL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!, B9 `" I9 O9 p& e# q
" D( E6 _9 [- r! S, QM: 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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6 i. Z: l5 v1 L. }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。* ]8 e. l* B8 K) z6 E
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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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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。
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?8 O2 R% r# M/ C- ]/ N
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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。0 u! a$ f1 d2 p' Y1 v* b+ W
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.. ~* N. q$ N& K) x: k
$ s# q" a8 X# y+ r3 GL: 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。+ }5 {+ x- j5 D9 M% c
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M: 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。" o* q0 J/ G1 n; C# a
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot., q, a H% X; b' b
( { j* e9 T5 A' \$ q# XL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。& M5 i7 A8 B3 j/ N* j
: Y( L; Q' y3 C7 U 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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