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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?) I( y: n r" c) d: x1 a6 `
( {* O+ N, w7 O8 T* n: f2 nL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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& I2 V% _/ S8 M% i2 EL: 哟,怎么啦?5 ?% B, o: q% q% z+ Q
$ l8 X' M1 F+ b) u, e6 { jM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.3 z( }% [* W7 y3 a
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken. ^ Q3 D, E/ G" { V
5 o/ o7 J* V5 H8 E/ R4 P" @8 y2 ~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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" S3 ` k% V( O8 @4 rM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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- J; B& p5 r" M- W2 EL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?% T3 C9 P: q3 N1 T6 j4 C4 [
/ W+ E) C- R1 W7 Z0 [9 Z. L- A5 lM: 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.# m! Q! Z" W- d" d. q6 g
# @6 n3 @* G3 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.0 ]" z. K! X$ B; Z6 v! i
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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!+ d; ?8 k2 g, v( K2 B2 @2 T
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M: Yep. Let’s go!% H9 o+ p/ p0 v0 }5 @ b
! s: ]/ c. O, W9 C ]9 {(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。0 ]8 d( I0 o/ e2 E
9 K; S1 j+ V6 W. k/ TL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!/ t9 o0 J( [& E) e8 v9 v# X) T/ m+ d* o
0 J2 @1 o, ?* Y$ H+ ~+ _8 MM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.% J2 |2 D, w5 o) w% s( Z
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!% @. Y0 T0 C8 z& b: U0 B
( `, A+ D, Q# M, Y& c6 g2 j, rM: 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.6 h0 j& t' R$ t3 Z+ R. L- `; m
' v# W; V1 N% y" [* ?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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# W- I9 r5 c8 w5 A# FM: 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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, s% I0 l! ~; g7 |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。+ \$ \* B/ X3 {7 `
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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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。9 ^# e9 N. L6 U7 {1 ?- R5 U- k% j
9 y! b' F+ c7 A9 [, v9 MM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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+ U0 |" @3 Z+ P( fL: 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.
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( [! ?0 h r% y- ~. r/ aL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。2 ^. h u9 K) h9 d' \
) S( e- R3 U, w2 O% aM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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# m* b, U1 A% {% I% dL: 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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- |/ C6 z9 I- z4 h1 e# e$ `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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