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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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@1 Q6 D; r" { ^* F# wL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?2 I& v5 B @- Y; A+ v1 h
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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. \& Q- Q- Z0 ^L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?1 p$ B& r' _2 h! S) v. |5 ^
% G4 W% Z0 l' N6 o! f' dM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.) q9 t/ L. ~2 ]
$ B6 P1 b' A5 h9 C c4 t! q+ G3 M EL: 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? P5 h$ t! {2 Z0 Z- P4 w" b f; b
+ D# o$ x1 Q, G1 H" qM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.1 t% H; G: e* Q' P: W8 n) b6 Q! f
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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$ P" e; J( ~( x7 x$ n: vM: 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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2 m5 T4 f5 S Y3 U) WL: 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.% M( W, c8 J( W6 ]1 n' e8 @" `
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.6 e* j& ?9 Q, s+ L# W4 \
/ u3 B- i& e8 ]& ~+ N& wL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!0 Y1 o! I4 n" K' W# h3 h% D, I G
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M: Yep. Let’s go!* A/ B' S7 ?% X: w% G# h
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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)。
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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!0 g; r; q0 r/ M6 r5 s e
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.' G8 y5 j* w) N
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!; A- p/ p0 ?' |; Y! e) ?
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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.: y/ q0 {% J. t2 G: W
" @" q3 I3 N% @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。% _7 o& m2 E0 @ Y- u' ]) Q2 }" t! X
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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.% H4 D, c) c1 M5 F. |7 g8 v
# Q- `# |- u. k8 ~1 D( ^4 T2 c VL: 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。, D0 [# i. ~3 p0 ?- p: i0 b3 T
1 [# C' r" b1 hM: 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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; I2 _4 L) n% i7 M1 HM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.& t$ O6 E( |9 t
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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。# I: ]& }, t/ f& ?: P# ~
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.2 A! c. f( l9 h- M. I
& ?# n( N" _4 S+ UL: 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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. x. A# }3 P# R. X. \M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.8 `1 d0 J3 _- r7 n5 `
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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。6 c3 A/ p) X) ]3 M& a
- [7 C, C5 X8 G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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