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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。 5 z! o) l: p& V# d1 u5 @( d
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?7 F% g M% Z' O& K$ v: X( S2 e
/ ]& W1 \8 |+ a; X. KL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!! U- B6 w% u/ ^- b3 y4 z
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.; M6 V/ d2 N$ a
) S/ K, Y% A' R8 ?" m! rL: 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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7 A/ R0 F6 y% P2 y/ IM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.9 C% _8 u( @ o0 o/ E) F
+ l$ _4 u* }* {! G; R+ Z$ G& ?5 E7 F8 hL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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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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& Q+ |: G# I0 V7 F0 c# c% a- K% ^; TL: 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.+ A- S0 b r" r
. t& s0 W+ K) B4 R+ S' \1 oM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.& ^4 a" ?; I W
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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!5 C& O8 i, H: _% d$ |/ s
! D6 ?( V6 Z4 O5 N; |M: 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)。
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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!3 \' N# I5 k* t( s" {+ I
/ N) e! X: o ?3 DM: 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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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。$ s7 y. I2 O- |9 {- G# V _2 d% z
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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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* j4 m+ Q* b3 C1 n& oL: 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。6 V8 ]. l* q, K4 r
( }% N q& y$ r1 K3 ]! A- Q# ^M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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( s7 E) V7 k( ^7 M, {* FL: 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。6 R4 O L( e# p0 ?7 s$ N
8 b' K# _* [$ H$ {M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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+ _+ ]# @8 D! CL: 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。* F5 D# e/ u0 }2 C" S
5 `9 w2 m1 X3 j& tM: 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。+ V( N6 Q2 O! ?3 w' B- \
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot./ _+ Z6 [7 ?! T: j
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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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