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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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O5 z8 {7 T- A- j4 `2 S; p$ m1 n9 ?M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?: L" n$ j5 g" b! j1 [5 p0 i
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M: Ok, let’s go!( _) k6 p: ?: \+ h* e1 {
y. c# W0 y. \L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.% j) c5 }8 J, k# N4 Y' D2 N2 \
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?- o; i" d( k! a+ Q$ N, k7 J" V# Q
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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?
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.6 }0 l) s+ n& H& P, @, ^
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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" _" a. M; `' Z1 S; C' u' m7 O" s5 _# wM: 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.
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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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0 _3 v$ Z1 f6 W2 Z: ~# G. jL: 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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, i' F" Z1 X: L" T7 K7 oM: Yep. Let’s go!
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: h% ^# q# g& l6 c1 ~& X: F(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!
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V7 c( f7 t% sM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.3 a0 z4 X: I' Z" h
U; I- m+ E8 Z) T4 @) A) {' i. M. rL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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7 O! t2 K/ I, X! R& ~6 V/ ]4 nM: 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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, W& [2 P5 j3 H6 wM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.+ M5 a- e. u, X1 C6 t" M
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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。
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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。% O7 W2 S T) ^6 f* `5 J' J
) n$ ]6 r8 O2 E) sM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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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。* v e7 w' c4 B, ]# h
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.2 [+ i6 G7 x. w. M. @9 h4 ?
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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。 D( u X9 s# p. P% ^
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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$ X3 j4 W# s( F {* k: G6 b. }& 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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