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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?0 M- j9 v Z. D% }2 N0 c8 m
# N! t3 [" ~; t/ K6 e# Q/ ?L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。! @* l" M0 E5 V8 L4 Q
5 Y6 G J- u) e+ C+ v, b9 |M: Ok, let’s go!
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* v2 `' i% I U, k6 g8 tL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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2 Y/ D: \8 ~9 L$ Z/ iL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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/ j* d' o# ~3 O1 I. C f$ F4 o5 YM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.7 `- ?2 d. [$ e
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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.
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?: g1 A1 n3 _2 L' [* t* @
7 f2 [ |2 w+ g; tM: 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.# u. ]& ~# d" G( v! X5 {
6 o5 m1 @; R G8 ]$ }( d4 HL: 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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/ L( s$ p/ m# d, @# L7 M3 SM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.8 e! [0 h8 Y- ?; y0 l
5 |. A" v- I, @# g4 dL: 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!( D/ ~ u$ h" E5 R& o8 p3 P* f8 O
! \4 F: g3 X0 c; D8 @ I(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。1 }- o( x1 l$ |
* ]' c; X% d2 U3 t/ T0 Y6 \ c' nL: 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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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!" D( Z7 P4 X8 N( \! S+ G0 |) _
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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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6 }6 L& U/ T) q) g9 sL: 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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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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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。7 }0 |: W8 M( Z* P* C- r
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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; {( e3 j- ^& ?. M0 O6 PL: 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。6 n" R* ]( Z! D( A: C# ~
: y5 {5 v5 I8 I+ Y& W7 e6 q* ^8 KM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.! {( X* B: t+ g2 H! I4 a
& b: |+ {% O- h9 |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。8 s/ n! r A2 |( g2 Z/ C9 s
+ G, f" C* B, _1 w$ g* }, D7 \M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.* E# @7 d* G8 {+ y5 N
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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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; K$ M6 A- C8 F6 f' D) SM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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% Z' g w: i2 g$ C# S% Y& h& z7 QL: 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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& [& b: ~6 O. E4 z/ d6 w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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