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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: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?; b/ V& a1 u' K3 y0 D
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。# k; M$ O7 u- a6 r
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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! j/ r/ _4 K: [' R Y b6 vL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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; }2 d$ Q$ J D! XL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?& [$ V5 H3 b% k; P9 }7 E
4 S3 Y+ w4 G3 jM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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x1 q$ p% V! ]5 P% a- Q1 `3 BL: 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?& n# k+ g$ W1 M4 k
$ Q# N3 \8 l; Z3 I$ F! _M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.- a" w& U3 Z! \
4 h! T* z- n% U9 [. h: B" N; K; ?8 NL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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% D# ^& B) e% ?0 uM: 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. ~: I/ r% O4 P: p9 ~& ?7 d: p
4 V( }, C2 a! m& NL: 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.7 @, ]- D9 K2 ?. w( e
* g- C4 l6 s6 G0 a8 j% B% k0 I2 hM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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; R% g2 a6 U8 HL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!9 D1 m: z! s0 |% [" |
+ n7 M* G- }0 T. i! _M: 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)。9 T, m& o7 v8 e& o1 ~+ x
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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!
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/ f/ Z* a/ W" fM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.1 e+ B/ D) P8 o' A! B; A* V
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!. J, s O, `- {" o5 s+ f7 ~% k
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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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/ q$ e+ @, ]+ S! j; kL: 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。6 T" t3 \% a$ ]/ U3 b% O5 A+ u9 n; K
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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.
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$ S- G4 k+ S0 _# ^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。
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9 `: P) A: e* q% r5 l" v+ {$ X2 uM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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& Z0 X/ }! h6 ZL: 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。& X0 `3 G2 G1 p
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.8 k9 o2 f3 n7 H
& R+ E; w. b5 i9 D4 _; 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。/ T) A) N* t7 _( A& j% X- U$ x
) q5 b, [5 z% a0 U* L+ {M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.2 g! {- A1 O/ J; z+ b. [
" b2 Y: e) F5 |" U. B+ s& y( wL: 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./ q" W Q! k. r; a( c
) o Y/ m2 o7 U& q" p6 v6 H) PL: 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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! n& h3 d. s/ d8 h7 R1 n7 `# P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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