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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?
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\2 N7 L) D4 IL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。( [. ~9 ]: k: Q
, q9 b. K! e, E; gM: Ok, let’s go!
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, \5 @5 s4 L4 r8 x2 B( lL: 哟,怎么啦?5 Y# V! S; N! h' ]# y
8 P5 y3 d% a! m! z3 OM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.% y _) I: U3 I! h ?# @/ O' _
; [9 b! o5 ~! x* m# {L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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3 v- U3 b, L( v1 r+ z, dM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.' ]. I5 Y5 i& k. }5 X+ T
$ }( N' _% |/ G4 YL: 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.3 R+ F: N! A' t5 {
2 r, k) w% U# z& \L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?0 j0 B2 Q/ h6 K* }
- T: C$ h, ?% a) i+ e! z% x% NM: 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.( j$ V8 |) ?0 Y9 Y% a8 B+ q
% c8 W& i$ d& d8 aL: 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.( _# h! j3 D7 z. f7 ?
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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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L: 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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9 ]# T$ F# q+ W7 K% }4 P$ EM: Yep. Let’s go!0 g$ `& ]/ F3 n' U% ], g, I( }0 H' T
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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)。$ [8 N3 ?, h+ m; T
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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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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.9 p: u( C7 t& X4 m$ U
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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.
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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。8 P/ C" ^& r6 p; n/ N
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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.2 h# R+ |) } C- o) y/ D1 S
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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 U. Y+ A; k* ~- _
: o/ J0 Q- A1 L- Z c1 G$ PM: 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。
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.3 x9 C, |) @8 a9 V, x
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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。+ B! u, m1 R; A/ H* `" P" n
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.4 n2 t8 \4 L5 E/ r' |# W5 I9 g
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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。9 q. m6 |# M2 M# x2 H4 }7 C% X! r( w4 F
/ C% f( [( k' O: x; U% A ~M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot., x" c. x" C5 v+ r& u( Z
0 U: [$ S1 C% YL: 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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5 ]8 B! e! w: n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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