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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?' q: }' v1 p+ t }! S
' R H! ~) G7 Q9 \; jL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。/ {/ U& W' U' a& D4 F0 W% X
/ O' E9 k1 E4 @1 K$ d/ }M: Ok, let’s go!9 n' F9 h3 w% [% |) @# N$ r
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L: 哟,怎么啦? [! I, }5 V. \, u& _ y* j
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.' z$ X0 t5 v: F) h
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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$ G0 ^0 U) O) D6 ~* GM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.- t9 M( u- b/ R
6 P K4 w: ~8 R8 o2 T- c4 d: ~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?& \) ~- ^* u7 n$ Y: G, k* f: h
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.. P2 D8 I8 Z8 {$ x
9 j+ I2 l9 `. k' q2 V3 mL: 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.( G( i: _& a4 H3 N& ?. z4 o
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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.3 `& T: ^3 i- ~6 A: p
N! a8 s' c L2 TM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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+ W; h" z8 J( [L: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!" r! s) H2 S, J) }( w8 R+ p
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M: Yep. Let’s go!" _0 b- r2 P6 {9 G
) ?$ |8 T0 ]5 n1 L: o/ _(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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4 X7 I& C. z9 o& x' dL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!, I( N9 Z8 J/ b2 [9 B& \
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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!6 K& ^6 D8 ]9 H, j, n/ J0 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.: [# z* `. F4 w. c
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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。8 w3 ?7 b8 t0 z5 Z- |- |! o9 U
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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.% r( k+ U) k+ @0 c
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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。$ P* P* B& ?8 D& O7 c
9 g. n) {- F- T$ `) FM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?: z: q7 O, D4 W, J" `
" L$ ~! y7 X8 e; OL: 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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# a* g' g7 v) H; m& tM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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7 s: O, ^" }* [L: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。& u9 L2 E: a1 g
1 x* |, x) l) h4 IM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot./ R" a( i) `; J2 ~ W2 i; J! l
) ]3 A B" V3 f" r+ R9 TL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。4 m c2 t- U" Q
6 p7 e" y* B1 ]$ F$ K( b2 N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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