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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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- ~$ D9 J0 z% ?# B1 OM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!6 O; S% K4 J+ I3 M. \, K+ [1 ?
~0 ~( s4 O% \+ R3 V% {& C. ]L: 哟,怎么啦?, a) b/ Y; H. ~* D3 y# A: E' [" H
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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?, C3 q3 x' o! `5 s1 R7 m1 O
$ w# o1 M) P: o, q7 f% ~M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.+ b5 Z* L; O% z' ~% P! Q* U K
, `- U! P" G1 i# f+ wL: 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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4 u, ~" V% q2 K! z# n+ m/ SM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.7 R; F! _5 {( }4 J1 G) W7 T
1 W1 r$ O7 x- b1 U, s3 J7 ?, ~( BL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?& D4 V4 b( H1 W1 h$ Z8 V
. }$ W9 o$ G. h3 ~ z# R9 q! @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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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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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.- b! G/ I3 U- H+ K5 D* v
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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!$ a4 v0 X8 f/ D4 D
. n! ?6 X1 X5 RM: Yep. Let’s go!1 Q3 }8 F$ D, x% ?) Y
9 k' v* E0 S5 g5 W(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!
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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/ f2 d7 S( H. lL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!* d* a- N7 q7 j- j1 f! K
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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。# b* v2 s8 q/ E
' f5 ^, B) X B3 I" m) e' yM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.( ?5 j, C7 `4 o+ K3 F* C7 G
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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。0 V4 Q' n% ^/ [& u
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M: 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。$ }+ Y1 s: G4 i, c# |! R
- @6 M% ]; K3 u) [; n& ~M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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3 a3 v% f# a7 M' B5 |( RL: 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。4 N& d6 K2 C; y; ^4 x, M% Q) q
: W3 Z' Z5 Z" F( m. c2 S4 cM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot. N6 b! V5 _4 \$ D. Y+ p. ?& A# {
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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。
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( q" n3 H+ n1 @. x3 q+ k! r) B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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