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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。 * u9 ^6 i h; ~9 e1 s. T
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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& U1 `! n" B# F4 r' d6 RL: 哟,怎么啦?
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7 Z% J/ A9 [! R/ EM: 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?
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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?, |% L: v, d! T" q; U
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.( l1 P! y, {* A' |
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?( k0 e6 y% V* ~+ m' j: |5 B
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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.* T3 T, k& b0 t7 r. d- P' e
3 b2 K4 ~/ f7 k, {, b& s, lL: 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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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.$ `3 B0 ~2 D4 d0 G T
?" f/ N2 \' w! m eL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!* v* S* z/ A$ r! j& O
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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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& o8 ]: {+ T# }, \( @2 T# L(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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L: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!) ^! j1 c, j! `
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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!( Z/ E u5 i: @4 ]$ J! R
9 T5 S( R+ {6 oM: 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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+ @; G0 _' o* o9 r% O* {5 R5 E- VL: 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., m7 w: D1 ~9 p0 S7 r4 A& J
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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。% v" d2 P* o R3 a a
$ `% D0 A! u# CM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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$ d( C% h) |0 @% ]" U1 @% WL: 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。3 q7 N# e, p' Y( y! |1 j. p% v
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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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; H7 f* o$ [1 S0 ?5 X5 lL: 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。7 o5 G7 o& j# x0 ~
1 @5 D9 ^, Z" c0 H% | nM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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A. A9 j- m* c% x' s3 O' v) BL: 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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( }0 ~- p$ a. ^3 y6 T, D3 HM: 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。9 p6 g4 i+ f4 N0 r1 k
; H8 S5 u; f7 V o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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