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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。 " c3 K: n0 T& P+ a
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。 q6 E, J! }3 y1 m1 k9 c
9 e. I4 Z* h5 D3 k0 S# |7 fM: Ok, let’s go!8 H6 y# _# [) I, {
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L: 哟,怎么啦?8 e; l( E- L, O0 d: J
4 ?' Z, ^( Z1 aM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.. M# R& x. b. Q, s! Q2 O3 ^
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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2 W% O% |) k' E3 y/ l% `7 lM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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8 V/ D/ N: E. f% Z, \( m' X( tL: 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?% y6 Q* R& G. n4 j$ @0 k+ N( d
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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.* ^# \/ z/ C- D+ u
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.6 O) u3 g6 Q' q. x' Y: r
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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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. B% G9 L' J h# y( w! |(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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L: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!$ _ l/ p; z( n. O
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.3 B' E+ r6 y, L$ @* J U; c: d% w
Z; j9 m6 L( EL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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* z7 p' K( e* O& f! R" \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.5 U2 F: A' }" v1 i" Y1 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。, |7 v4 [0 k7 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.
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( ^8 r* o5 E/ BM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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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。0 w1 z) l _; m% z, P, i6 v3 A4 g
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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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) v2 ?8 B ]% {" U/ Z3 CL: 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。8 [) Y" j; [4 k& h
9 x& E9 ~! F: h: Y. yM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.8 y( Y4 S% W/ _& _ ], F* ]- Z
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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。
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& D) y7 T7 n/ `5 i# Z. OM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.2 u/ t5 K9 l, ~! S& A3 R6 b( D
, w: U6 j1 T; X( tL: 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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) N3 T' l9 |0 s! D% ~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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