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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。 ( g+ f4 R. R3 X1 X+ t+ {
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?$ g* L& O1 h* B
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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5 P8 D2 j, ]/ {8 }3 X7 tM: Ok, let’s go!! \' I, \7 M7 x6 P
& b* Q& s* `2 K% ZL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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, X6 o t f9 v( l v* sM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken. k- o7 G5 [0 x7 ]
+ A/ h) i; v( M: U9 h1 `" q1 y( ~' `- HL: 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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1 m/ r" p2 y6 d, G% s- n! y1 MM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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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.1 s1 j8 q. R: E; `& v
) S6 \6 M7 y4 S7 m# g2 zL: 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.4 g$ F0 M3 M2 w2 d. h- x5 E
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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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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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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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2 Q! G& \8 B4 q8 s% v. F2 RL: 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. J U3 n1 q6 v# f' `
" F/ Q$ d9 U& ^3 p4 EL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!* q# |) v$ X2 F$ L/ t9 O3 w; X7 S
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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.7 ]* B2 l; n$ l2 u9 C3 L" k
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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。# f6 L2 p# C' G* c: z8 l5 N: Y# k
% h# |/ _$ D- b7 i8 H; ~$ g/ BM: 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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6 N v" ~( }1 K# T9 j% x) q& bL: 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。- Q. s9 P/ v$ A$ P3 V8 S
2 y& k1 g+ P- H3 `! CM: 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.
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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。
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.. j0 x, J& Z5 {$ W
: P' w% m) E( g8 M& xL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。; Y3 x$ k* x, W: }5 `( H& y+ ?! c5 v
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.6 `3 M9 Z* W% g% R$ n
/ X3 Z7 X$ u) p6 m5 J0 M2 M* @. bL: 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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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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