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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。 % W. H4 }- ]/ X! Y& s" y( e
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?: ?7 {- B$ ^! W9 ?( Y. y
4 G# o0 S6 E3 R' N4 C1 q' lL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。& r( Q4 l) f0 x
1 U3 }; C$ M2 M& g7 hM: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?* `+ ^- j4 }) j+ p
. P. U1 a, F5 U, @5 P8 |7 yM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.( Q2 t9 k/ F1 g+ V+ z9 t1 r/ D
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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- S' J2 m, ~6 o7 c3 G0 e$ kM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.1 n/ ?9 F5 }* ?5 q* n0 D2 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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$ ]6 V6 E$ i' I# x! F; o% KM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.% I8 t5 S/ e& p
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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/ i6 u- f7 M% t& ~/ J6 v4 S# |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.4 k! E3 t, x+ ^& q7 b d5 d
. w. Y2 j! m* 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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( u( m8 p& X* WM: 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!8 }- z0 B* M4 S1 w2 r% g
4 Q- ^' P H- G" \1 GM: Yep. Let’s go!
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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)。: H6 M: A4 j% y2 Q' e
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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!
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad./ _3 Z- l" `7 G/ }1 y7 N3 R( R
3 }6 v5 k- h3 g+ v7 SL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!. w$ {% ^ `2 Q4 s4 ?5 ?5 T, R
$ b, v" _, O* X5 vM: 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.7 c/ [6 P* K' v+ [3 ^& q! }$ o+ R, `
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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。
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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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9 m9 A5 G. s# v* |: HL: 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。0 P. r2 h8 g1 u) t3 ?+ S/ O
+ _. m- }) {- j3 b9 d2 iM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?6 F% V3 r4 G5 i/ o- ^4 X
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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。
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad., V+ S2 m9 p7 Q% j9 P
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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。# C, @% u7 I) Y
) _/ [! A% n3 sM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.: \9 J/ a- E" Y( T; A, s! @) m
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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。+ H0 W3 |/ G3 I9 G6 [3 j
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.( Q/ d+ P, ~# J; a" b
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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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