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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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4 k5 Q4 X. [3 G; d. HM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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- N* b8 E8 {' }9 KL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。9 K, i' l" Y0 p. j/ G' ]$ H
1 `) P/ L: `1 E2 p& e9 MM: Ok, let’s go!. ~: T1 J+ l. X" D: n9 b
/ G: V8 R1 a& y" Z( w" ^L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.* z. D: `( T1 H% k
4 Q; k; J; i$ l0 ?L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?5 k; h0 M& _* v0 ^. U: s
C" e- v# _: c/ k) k lM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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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?
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.( C" n/ y* O! b
5 w* O' J" j; c! n8 P8 T; OL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?3 R+ T% d( N2 b0 g* V8 t* i; O
4 T+ u4 M, d, A# ^$ V! R% S% cM: 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.! G2 A' t2 D! ]+ d# z
& B# \2 B' A! Z9 Y! nL: 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.$ Z# d, n" V9 f+ X
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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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!! u, k0 Y, }& ~+ n: }; h3 b* r* B
4 \" D- O0 |$ @M: Yep. Let’s go!
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4 V$ J) ?9 R% d3 }& {# H! a(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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( o8 I$ Q; C3 JL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!! t2 e" G1 @( n* S2 D, p
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.. [2 o( U+ |& U
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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., K, Z& t. I. J! ^- d& ~5 y9 G1 ^
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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 i5 y6 }" |% o, _( y: Z2 }
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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.1 E. B. `, a% ^8 \8 I/ u& p
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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。, A' w R- f5 q/ t0 d
# g% H5 ]5 G3 s1 N T8 F+ CM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?# _0 s/ c% ?4 l3 K) Z8 k
2 P! ^. ~4 p' P1 @+ d% SL: 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。, ~( k/ `, V* Z6 }: {7 k- {
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.) W7 }, |1 t1 e0 ` Y& a
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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。9 R! D1 p7 n9 i0 t+ `. a
3 }; ^& b5 N7 B1 x# N. I* jM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.! @7 B5 O/ H: c5 T: \
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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。3 [6 c# {( `2 |8 M' M) g9 \
( p( y' \" r; ?M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot." e7 w1 e4 o' z5 \) f$ f, k9 k
4 S2 Z, p9 a* R6 l) P- {% }' H2 gL: 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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