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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?5 Q" U) H. n* ?7 q* z- Q
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。* P$ B9 y1 t+ h
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?0 W% P, M. S V+ A/ |# a
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.1 U9 {( L, o, I! G
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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.
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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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5 b1 |3 U: O c3 E& {" E4 _M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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! Z$ w4 X1 h5 k) U x+ tL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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+ p5 D- H- B3 W9 V* u. ^2 _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.
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; ?* ?( v$ i, G' O( ^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.4 j- a2 ?( J& B- O
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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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/ A. j' K, h2 n' A3 [8 qL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!3 A; f1 t/ L& p& `
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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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: w3 t8 }7 c# O/ V- t! y(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。8 v+ i. X" Q2 I! F1 \
& I( X3 j$ c; L/ e* WL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!/ ?5 F9 [# G) ^' z! q4 g
* [6 g; E4 O$ j7 }$ Z; o8 rM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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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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" v; k# Y5 c3 w/ }0 Y* t" L6 yM: 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.2 B) D% X4 e2 W2 J# x
* |4 s8 c, _0 @3 t0 y; S, HL: 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。2 z- f4 {7 f3 k' X" m
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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.1 H6 x7 f- Y% f# Z) ~
7 w+ A( x% I, R) A GL: 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。2 i# C) t; x2 P+ F( w9 G z, k
0 ~1 T. d: u$ J$ H# yM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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$ q7 D' x5 z+ |2 bL: 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。+ U6 }) \: P3 O4 p! U6 u* X6 s
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.5 O2 H& K; c. I# {
& q7 V1 w$ c Y9 e+ r, \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.
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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。% |0 L( V" a1 a
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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, I4 j5 d* o% s ?/ z1 i+ yL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。% x! f+ ?+ \2 u# m
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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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