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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。 - K3 r* Z* t+ K. `' A
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9 L- p5 d( R N7 O) R' R" QL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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) ^& }' }! W; c2 N+ ^, s6 m. ?M: Ok, let’s go!$ k: r6 s5 ^- U6 P$ j4 N. N
8 t8 o# V2 o- f4 jL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.4 c6 W3 n. M5 [5 U
. H3 @# D2 S0 ~& Z6 XL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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+ z, l' j* s1 b1 | ^+ v7 C6 NM: 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.
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?1 }7 Q2 |" Y+ w7 u/ d& G5 N
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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.3 k( f3 h* C+ @9 O% s6 p* w3 S
6 b3 c0 m; n6 i2 L: I0 r! XL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!! ^* d+ g; R: k. `& p; f8 M
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M: Yep. Let’s go!; d/ }; ?& |# v# w0 ^( _5 h( [
6 j. A9 } ]: h# ?( j3 [(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。" C8 I E' S5 Y+ J
2 u! f" X4 M3 x" K* rL: 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.) g3 K) o; q) l, }' d6 q' P I
+ t( p p9 S$ ?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.
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3 j8 M/ r5 R8 O% nL: 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.2 A& K" a- _: y: E% f7 C
) a( W N$ J# @' O+ _, o3 vL: 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。1 g+ s. ^% U/ z$ }! T8 {0 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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% N- [7 Q) w0 \+ f/ f$ Q. K* kL: 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。( c, G/ T9 l0 |" E
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.- q: U7 p ]. p0 E5 S
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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。
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.4 `* I9 q4 y+ ~- p; ?! V- L
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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。+ m/ n7 q" T; }
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.1 k# s' _1 e/ T2 j# Q& ~
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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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