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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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2 Q0 c& Q8 O9 M' s/ LM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?. j* ^* w2 H5 e, F/ L% h" r
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!$ _ X0 e9 e1 ^$ c1 h$ H/ N
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% c0 b/ _( G- r7 ~1 q1 G. DM: 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?5 H$ F% t/ G8 V# ?7 n7 h! I
* `' m% r9 I/ O1 R! pM: 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?
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* }$ Z8 q% m) P/ y' SM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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2 e$ `9 B; t# P" m* W8 d$ ~( _L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?) p( ]8 `+ @, U1 N* \3 _
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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.& C5 w: T" ?$ G+ f9 I2 g9 R9 D, Q
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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.* X& I3 H" X7 l5 A; v
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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7 e2 N4 M$ a5 p( d K4 ?5 s" {L: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!1 y6 {7 l( ]7 `7 O+ X( o- [
$ F: R6 o; R$ G8 c( u; s" _M: Yep. Let’s go!
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8 V/ a% ]) }+ H! b5 c( F6 J+ j! ?0 u(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。! w. J& K/ S! V# ?
) i+ N: a7 H. l* S2 RL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!7 {4 p# m8 i& h- v" o
?1 E' t0 A1 ?$ ]. \3 QM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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1 V' q) T. W! c& b& O! T5 zL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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6 B6 x. o/ E6 ~5 h7 wM: 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.2 c# m; v% A) {) N# J
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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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' i0 {' g9 ]4 P' p) HM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.% n7 b7 D) z! Z3 _) H5 Z8 A
$ z! I" o9 X: |1 pL: 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。% D `2 j& Y& [% w% H- E1 i Z
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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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。. S5 V8 ~8 Y& S4 h- m& E. A
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.1 V2 T. i( _! V
c% `- \! V6 B# JL: 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 n* M) ?' A$ a+ l; Y2 S$ {8 r
; j r4 k' Z" qM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.7 X" N/ _+ K S% X o
8 n- e. R/ P" U4 cL: 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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2 r4 c9 e0 I+ F p( O# VM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.4 d! v! I5 [+ N9 k& M
" R8 c. r- A4 a4 {) x/ I( N3 DL: 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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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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