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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。 % t2 w& K: k% e6 U" @+ \
) a6 a: n( N& {9 N+ G% T& U% kM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?) ^% v6 v% M: \2 D. ] r" V, b, Q
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。* m" V7 @+ A- Q. {$ r" Y, [
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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, }" c0 K+ P3 [+ P' } P" sL: 哟,怎么啦?
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7 c! T/ Y' C7 a7 RM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.% e# i" i$ [7 T& G" x) c+ m
0 a( W" l* H" u$ w: y9 iL: 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.! m; N+ m# F" l
4 S) ^" U% A7 ~3 ]2 t- k: ZL: 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?- Z1 `- D. k" B& `, S
: e* w5 S7 [2 O& _" [ A+ _; YM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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, @- s+ M' p: v! l( B: L8 q' uL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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( Y( L% D1 @, `; ?; J- pM: 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.$ Q9 G0 t" e2 @+ G" ?6 ]7 E
+ Y ~% @0 O- ?- P* v' VL: 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.& O7 f% i% R' G& c" N& {# b
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.) b. A/ I+ m0 b
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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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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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6 {7 a* S H+ `! o/ `(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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; @$ l6 e1 O2 K& Y9 Q1 lL: 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.
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!7 O" j( W& Q! i, ]4 e2 z1 \
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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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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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M: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.& [* q3 s% f+ Y1 X% J0 p, T S
2 p! M% p2 S+ w4 T/ 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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7 g# |# {4 s2 B, cL: 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。# b* ~3 Q2 g* m" }6 g: c. u
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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。
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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。
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.7 h. V/ H3 O! e
; X7 s3 K- H( z4 P& }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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5 k- \/ I; S1 ~, ^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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