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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?1 i4 O& k) N6 L" L
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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2 s I: u& a GL: 哟,怎么啦?
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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.4 D& I/ S9 g) U8 B% a
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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.) K2 u' r- s, _! `* V
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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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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9 p/ }3 o, ?; h6 R# ?. rL: 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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8 O- B" e/ ` ?M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.( ^8 n9 |" e7 J1 y# n, C6 P( H
; }' N! @; r" ML: 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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1 [! ]4 M1 Z- @" G ~5 [. c% P3 x/ gM: Yep. Let’s go!; S" a4 H/ [+ _& N, B$ y3 O' r
3 g) X" @6 Z$ X" D+ D; h0 b3 O(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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) a3 z4 A1 ], eL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!- T0 f$ b* m4 D% w% _
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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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.$ E: e/ r! h% R9 o2 I
; w- _/ P7 m& {, }8 ]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。3 f3 W; T+ X$ n5 q% d/ j* h
3 @. R8 `6 [. g$ j7 Z0 KM: 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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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。2 K$ ^, w( d. G- d: o: G: x" o$ i
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?- N L/ W/ m7 {( U1 p% \
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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。# }: _3 r/ h7 ]) X5 W# d+ J
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- w- l! p2 P" fL: 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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M: 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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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.4 y7 m3 @7 N4 K! T0 k
2 a, Z; o: R* H; BL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。. d/ a- U# L* O- d5 v
9 M# @9 x: h+ N: ~. A+ @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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