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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?' Y! e# M. ~) R3 V5 K0 h
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。$ b8 Y6 A" Z/ X) l
( |, t" @4 P0 [5 EM: Ok, let’s go!" z! i( V w+ N. y
: b8 L) }# e6 K; Z1 ~* xL: 哟,怎么啦?; s' i/ m& {: }8 ]$ l. Y
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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6 {2 b7 U, ^# x$ M% z2 P$ DL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?9 P+ } k: i2 `; H9 Q1 x* z7 g
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.8 H; m4 `" P7 f' @
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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- z4 K* _7 P9 f8 ]2 w9 qM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.. c" C$ j9 i: m. ~
5 J9 e+ Q L: Z' ]L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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5 r% f* {' h2 U# F7 B% p- mM: 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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$ I! l6 U8 |9 h1 FL: 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.
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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! {# j4 W+ v, B0 X! ~# h
7 f, i7 o2 f1 d! |# j+ ?- ~! gM: Yep. Let’s go!/ v9 T4 W( E9 {4 Y- j7 p& n+ L
# f, A: d7 }* P(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。2 ^' M `! S- C) X% C( w6 S) b7 i
) M3 v$ T5 C4 S$ HL: 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.: B2 M" x) C( a* j
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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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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。! \4 }2 b; i# C0 _" Q" U# i4 H
0 @5 Y& C2 R3 V `5 g8 ^- gM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.. o0 p/ }6 j7 M
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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。
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?" l6 T# O0 o$ c- T+ [4 |
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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。% w9 m* f; O: r. i6 O0 A
" _# O5 S5 L$ S5 `M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad. r9 T" P9 n( G! \& ^# e
9 A. D& W& B3 H qL: 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。5 ?+ a# S) m. w2 G# l0 m8 y
& R: e& R8 y& P7 PM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.- o9 d) G! F& I# d0 v
$ S4 p: l" F- h# v1 q7 J8 p* zL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。6 l/ b3 r+ L. X7 B5 C
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot., P: X" s- L# @
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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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