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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。 - ^3 c. {! o8 \$ K
& D! I. |* ?5 K1 z' VM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?. W% b! l1 b+ a {6 p% Z$ z
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。) N- r2 N& I, l p
& X! j9 V3 m! v, p2 m+ y3 @% Y3 OM: Ok, let’s go!, _! |' M- K' D
, l, s+ R: n" Z3 UL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.5 I" b6 z ?4 d) {; K8 D
3 V* V! B/ | e/ b' I7 _L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?9 s1 W; u4 W. E' `" `) [$ p
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.& x4 X6 s/ h' g1 h- Q k3 ~
. t5 m1 w- p. B1 _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.9 L& h" g" }9 m( h8 y# N8 [* m
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?: c F9 J5 ]3 H0 d$ A2 w' Q: J
$ W! y1 z. P6 MM: 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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; y0 o/ A3 E0 ]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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& W& s7 X* u& YM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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. V1 [0 D% F' G o8 ?1 hL: 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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M: Yep. Let’s go!; |2 P+ N5 W( d$ v. ` p; a; K
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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 R0 v2 b- O2 o
8 m3 F. S7 \6 x3 M* m/ xL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!" m$ t. ?: _9 ]5 i$ d' r7 T# O8 _% ^
- f" K/ Q( D! {% T+ L4 jM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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! k3 V+ W6 V+ I$ ]# w& B2 b* vL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!9 u2 {* w- b: v5 M- ~7 i) l9 W# _) K) c
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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.: C+ d5 j/ ~# m" R( n+ {5 y* T: `
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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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0 o9 c4 O; y6 H9 U) t2 EM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.; R; t; c! M$ V, k2 w6 t
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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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. Y' M8 l- c, |2 CM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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: {5 B( {9 c- N) s. V9 LL: 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.: v5 i8 M, V" v0 p7 d6 j+ H3 j
' J4 ?9 A$ U& w+ W" dL: 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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4 u9 D, p8 R5 r) S4 `M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.- N$ S; y- \* }9 N& G
/ h% G% Y5 ?& C- i) h6 M) H! b" r6 mL: 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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3 ?( ?. i# A7 i9 f4 U. e6 uM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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L: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。3 z; A/ w& ^- T4 f! I
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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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