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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?, F) e# C/ C3 K# g
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M: Ok, let’s go!9 o3 Z. A" H& a
! B* R r' ~! N$ ^0 WL: 哟,怎么啦?0 b9 t" q* B0 o4 l0 T' B+ d. }) U5 @1 S
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?0 G. ^- @: W4 H% q8 C k
0 d0 o6 s: w2 v! SM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.- e7 @5 L5 D- h% Q8 A# a
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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?" q2 k+ u9 D4 }+ c3 }' U, Z
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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( _7 P7 \/ l8 m# D8 u+ rL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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% P! z1 E, R* c7 \4 M* wM: 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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* n: b5 m, D! N' Z# U6 aL: 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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. ?+ Q+ g% h& \& y* e7 EM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.$ T) B# ~1 ?& U' m# g
4 y7 V1 R$ Q) w3 G: N& HL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!% d% i$ @) Z7 `1 W
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(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。$ J1 Y6 ?/ g, ~ Q% R. ?5 H
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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!% x {& ^9 N& r. t, ?
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad. r7 k9 ]0 L% s, K) S
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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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5 \; F4 v( W( v4 ^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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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。3 k5 i! y7 t# N
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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." l& y1 @6 g) k* K
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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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; b# b/ M$ |0 r6 Z9 k9 h7 w' b: ?M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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' D# n: T& D# g0 n8 R# xL: 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。
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+ [9 L3 i* |' H( g) SM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.. d X7 h& b2 W
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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。! h( z) @4 v; ?; N
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.. d/ C2 o5 e4 n K, z3 y9 v3 v
% D; T4 f, `% V. B% ~2 aL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。9 K- u( t/ V# j6 L
+ s) C' M5 l; p$ {' c! } ]2 VM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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$ Q; G( h& _) B4 k5 g/ n/ EL: 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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, A* k5 T0 [; M7 ~1 }/ i7 ^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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