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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。
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& m. l9 L4 }3 K; I: H% OM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?7 p0 V4 [/ {( e5 u/ ]8 H
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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7 y! f" e" i K$ M1 v, [: hM: Ok, let’s go!$ m* z7 q0 F* k
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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$ x, |% J* u, Y/ O/ }* q& VM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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1 c2 w8 @! d' A8 n& k" f; rL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?+ ~, \+ U! a- c. @
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.8 ?2 y4 l% T2 G9 t# o6 g- x
: s% o8 J4 u1 O& i- v; D1 z$ E# uL: 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?- o" F. |/ b1 _' K' A5 A
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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/ N ] ^4 o" E& s" ^. l- k \L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?, p1 Z; W; Z; j8 {- M {' Y# m
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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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! m1 {2 [0 C Y( ]# W* w5 j$ P' 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.
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# V, H6 C! h$ L4 [+ h# v+ LM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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, T* i9 o( y ~$ lL: 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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2 N) A% T/ t: I& ~9 p/ e CM: 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)。
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' u/ m% z! Q! z4 `) Q/ d3 IL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!* R+ Y' c, S H2 m5 H
3 D6 w D: d, tM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.( x& b' n0 N% P' H$ o/ R
' k. V( M; W) _# o3 d+ qL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!$ y% ]% P, V8 X! E8 X
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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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|% [* `$ o0 |9 mM: 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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/ v; O/ X: J! u0 h1 Q2 [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。9 R, X8 |5 l, u$ D- Y. m1 o5 e% V
' S8 |0 F( }" S6 Z- Y5 w$ pM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?: h2 p6 N7 H" E/ G
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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.! K5 S- \2 R6 |4 O
, b& D- [) t$ c" TL: 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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' H; T! {% {; g1 g' b; ^2 ]3 P; XM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.8 I9 [% z' T: F& T" y: E% K9 h
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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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5 \9 _7 Y V/ tM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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8 Z3 r8 K+ U" b, }$ hL: 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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0 d8 ~# l/ ^8 u4 P7 U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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