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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?
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+ d, ^+ S1 l, K6 \7 IL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。! z4 k- W: X+ t
) F8 U4 R$ d7 W3 m" m' d: cM: Ok, let’s go!1 H, \' X; H! y/ I
2 }. A: V8 o) d" PL: 哟,怎么啦?
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6 u" n; e& U' u5 H7 K# O; HM: 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?4 i. p7 r4 o- o" j" f) w g0 x2 U
) M( Z6 d$ M+ I9 v. m2 ~3 `M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.7 G+ X; [8 z( t& v
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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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/ m7 v! S) ?$ K8 I( N1 E2 ML: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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) f$ u# i( C% ~. e/ VM: 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.# M, D/ K+ C+ _' b0 w2 A
* E* w6 B! `. e* ? iM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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9 g$ C" c* O9 T7 BL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!. k% k/ P& B1 y
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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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3 G: s1 \( y) O* E7 ^(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。
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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!5 c0 Z/ D: M& O* e3 r: r: Q$ x' N5 l
5 d4 v) H% S2 j7 b5 DM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.9 c. l n: k% ?# q
5 ~5 C' `5 g, y" ]( K% ^8 F) vL: 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。3 q5 \/ _+ W( 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.5 ~% ~+ V1 ]/ ^3 U- k4 x/ v3 \
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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?
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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。* K7 X5 f" v6 W/ k( M c. D ^
. A: y+ c: t+ ?M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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O0 }, I' M5 y: q$ B: ^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.8 N& ?% u2 N: y, q, ~; e r
5 A& ?2 L, K N$ b( L4 ZL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。
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4 |; E1 `7 k- l pM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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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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+ V" j+ i* x: `$ D) D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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