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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。 . R# Y) Z1 w" \6 m; D
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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M: Ok, let’s go!' W, T- F2 P2 ~1 o# _: P X6 a
! S5 I2 I/ R5 F3 Q; F- O% k2 OL: 哟,怎么啦?) C W* V. o7 H$ Q
9 _+ b/ N, W7 F) V/ q! TM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.% h. q- q* Q0 D3 p0 b- I% Q
; k" D7 f7 Y4 s- @+ rL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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- q5 C& z" u& M* {M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.4 D' x$ x6 F! o" l6 q
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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?9 \! ]+ I* F; x/ P6 C7 M1 K* Y
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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?
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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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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.. n0 H: m7 S; r7 U9 X
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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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) H6 Z3 `) H9 Q- f3 i" u5 cL: 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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/ |, y+ i' {& N3 X% TM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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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。6 x. W! \( ?/ Z! E
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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.0 {1 B/ O# b6 P" x9 W# ~; S
9 i& P* R# [( Y# u. S; [+ B$ WL: 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。+ f+ ~; ^8 {, E2 V" u" T4 S
( ^! H4 G( e% \( g% gM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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5 b- j5 ~7 V- `+ C) n6 x. _. w2 ^0 JL: 噢,在饭店里吃完晚饭要付钱的时候可以问:“What’s the damage?" 所以租车很贵,the damage is bad. Michael, 别担心,我可以帮你付一点。( ?! u" x& W# A
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.+ Z* B: x; \% a8 b8 \4 z; V
+ s/ I' n( H: V9 eL: 你真好心,知道我买新电脑花了不少钱,所以不要我帮你付。 Michael, 没关系,我能付一点,你还要去修车,也很贵的。
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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$ T7 g c* e6 h0 C* lL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。9 t8 r- k3 ?: \) f7 o" ~) b
3 T% `, T) N3 _& n9 z3 CM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.7 A; W; v# q; Q5 b! p/ i- k( {0 J
. f% `1 P: S" g2 ?7 @L: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。5 S& R9 l( F1 f/ S1 H/ R5 p
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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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