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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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3 o9 x. I, \+ G' y1 k4 h' T3 L+ S+ OM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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- o; o/ H9 p' A% RL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。' o; i1 s* I! Z" A
8 m5 u0 ]$ d/ k$ BM: Ok, let’s go!( \+ d8 R3 c/ x" s, J3 Z( w# U, v
6 n5 k4 I$ h' C+ Q: B9 h, kL: 哟,怎么啦?' S3 X, a) Z# M# @: F7 W, I
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.( _9 M' o4 v$ M- ~4 F
" O* q W6 e! F; I3 e6 ?9 T* o5 UL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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$ a2 X# `" K2 rL: 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?, a; t+ T" ?: }* A! k2 A6 a
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.& c" T `7 Z# j! b0 P* e
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?! Q }6 o: c, V* o) W2 E' G
6 y4 D* |2 Z0 G# X0 G$ K* S2 j; jM: 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.3 w1 ^6 M& Y% `2 a* q1 L$ S: i
, W, O* ?! e, \4 h# lL: 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.1 }! U7 \ G0 e
, Y6 D9 F( Y4 E6 w" ML: 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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* ~" N6 d' h0 D) p* {: |1 P1 UM: Yep. Let’s go!
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! o" {) r: m& ]5 X1 U' D(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。7 b0 m6 a: q) {* k
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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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e, M& u3 h8 `- r6 pM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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0 F7 C% E9 B9 V, qL: 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.' u; V3 [$ U+ w: Q3 R6 ]: r
! D; |2 c1 W6 L iL: 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。
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) H G( T. }& W2 M* j4 I' QM: 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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{7 s* T1 A5 B4 g* @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。; f4 n/ `2 `2 e: J0 |6 N6 d
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?! O& O3 N% s$ ]/ C
! n8 N# Q1 L ~2 V( B9 d6 D5 e, eL: 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。% Y6 c3 e7 I, A% K# c$ `
: p" ^" `1 a$ pM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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# L$ M/ g- T& G' B% VL: 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。! s# x5 y R* g& _+ I
3 X1 e4 k" K6 R9 }M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.) ], F# R Z+ v H' I
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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。* B3 X0 L# G& R* u5 C* E) h/ T; R
) n! X8 |1 _; N5 sM: 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。
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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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