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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 z n2 U6 [' ? ]
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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/ T6 R1 n$ f# t5 f: _$ zL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。* d2 O: e9 \$ S. o. j
8 d- Y) J. v" V I# A% o/ ?M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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( w' ], c. C$ V( p# K! oL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?# \$ F& v* ?* R" t( x. z9 ?
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.& j; `+ [8 B8 }
; r+ B6 {& r# Z5 e y$ W& P+ e Y( {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.
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?3 b' S' _2 a0 M! z9 V, Z+ d. J
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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.
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/ d; l# {; a bL: 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.2 P8 F$ I& k0 o* x
& q8 j7 }+ k6 L+ l, W# p6 UM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.* [: V) ^; P$ P- @
. `% d5 m% D* V6 hL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!; W0 U8 q5 @& Y/ H, X& E1 [
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M: Yep. Let’s go!% U9 Y! M/ \( Q
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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)。2 m8 \3 g$ a9 T' v" _
9 ^% \: Q, }( l3 b0 W, E" B. E/ uL: 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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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.$ ~. I! C! M; {- N7 W( S
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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。6 B" i8 F) W# Z" h* r2 ^
4 A* n/ n8 ~& }4 g- `# U1 SM: 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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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。3 b: H9 M2 u9 _9 H4 X; h* D
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?; |* ] E- h$ n) w4 [& o
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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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8 R6 m2 \# x: X0 T% [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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) C9 k8 r1 f7 @9 w7 IM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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% ^6 I5 B# o& H; i& ^& }, WL: 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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M: 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。; x5 e6 C1 H6 G4 r( {+ C6 j) k
) ~9 S7 p8 N6 W7 ^" J" D+ ^& C! m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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