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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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! l' f; y! l! z' z$ m. VM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?/ c* \1 w, x% {; j2 h
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!5 b" v+ d5 {# {# c5 |1 f; B
" \5 ]! |# {) n: ~6 V, V5 LL: 哟,怎么啦?1 o1 F& G% D( x4 U' h+ O
3 J$ F2 v: `# X' S! |* HM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good. U# ]5 _) r9 g5 C+ v2 d
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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+ l. H9 t% a8 z- y( _6 o+ ^7 e/ NM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.$ K% J8 R1 k8 P/ z$ c
5 E- |6 H+ a6 uL: 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., A; ]: }( u- Q. L: \% f
# j! c5 r2 A2 P* pL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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. _: a+ C4 u' Q' ?, U% E& G1 p0 v! xM: 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+ @+ D7 V/ q2 _0 R& v2 }
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.2 R0 r/ c. v1 c0 e; w9 o
. H, W! O- g% Z3 @1 nL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!
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M: Yep. Let’s go!8 @' R6 V: ]; y+ J7 {5 A! H' R
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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!; M# y; N+ }2 g, T: M* N
; ?0 M% D q8 BM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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; u2 a! M$ C; ^L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!1 I) C- x5 H- J e- }3 J
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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。6 l* @3 ~. ]( A& I+ d
A% t3 f9 d0 g& Q5 sM: 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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4 h6 \" j. `9 J# x% r$ u; H& fL: 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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* u8 B' ]& g! r, NM: 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。' F& q, S, k, j- w' r2 ?
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.9 L0 I* H+ `+ ~! N
* L# A. H0 r: oL: 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。4 V. F8 a X, }* y3 f) d
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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。
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9 g2 F1 A3 Y5 b0 p8 pM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.6 ^0 L9 t* i& W. x# V9 E
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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。, _2 }+ O( P3 @
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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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