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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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! S- G- w: Z' |+ WM: 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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1 M1 T; k, ?, XM: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?1 v. C/ w. C* P# s( Y/ n, ~% N3 ^
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.9 v. C# I; H4 \1 I' c5 f
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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?6 k$ D! W8 A; h( G3 G2 l. _
4 K( D0 e5 b J! h: |/ e* ZM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.; W1 I- p# N& ^9 D5 l8 y: I2 F
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?7 I# o! P- k2 _) o, Z: Y6 y( d& 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.
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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.( y2 N1 J5 E" r7 J
* t1 o4 @# Q3 f- j. w. o$ VM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.# @! t/ S2 |3 j: D+ f+ N
/ V. r; m; }& _: W2 ]/ cL: 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!2 S' `4 l$ }5 d3 h/ e S
- O' e( p2 _4 g+ r+ U+ i( X(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!0 D% _: v8 b; @7 A. c. E6 [. N/ u
* ~0 {5 c6 ~, ]M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.! F# v5 {5 l N( Z0 }5 `
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!, z1 Y. a6 h: ]1 g$ |
/ t4 V0 _& ?9 V' @% i) \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.! X, y3 H Y6 T/ n
* j p d. v; o) s0 P1 rL: 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。1 N$ \ c6 J0 G4 ~- L/ G- O( u
7 r" L2 x( a: B) c2 oM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?0 x2 {; z. r# ]) E) G4 u
+ v5 U! [; F4 P. K4 d, XL: 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。/ z1 d8 C R) r4 x, D. u" z0 P! S
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad./ p) W2 C; ~* G
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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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8 {; I* U1 ?; g! [" uM: 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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W; ` B, x' H1 s- V, jM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.# K9 u* C/ r5 S! ?" Q7 [3 ^0 f2 S
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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 T$ Z. E' N8 d
4 \* C: ~7 Q6 Z$ q- t, R, s @9 B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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