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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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+ p7 l& f. j: I/ e8 YM: Ok, let’s go!: k' o" e( g; j2 r+ Z( |' |" l! l
* R' r' N2 x+ X/ uL: 哟,怎么啦?3 [1 t: \: }0 F
- x( y: t9 e+ x1 S7 kM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.3 W* t3 X7 K/ j2 V4 _8 B7 f2 q
7 ]* L0 L/ V( n1 I! [- PL: 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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* g, \% g6 [' h6 ~# Z5 @7 Q/ n8 SL: 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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s9 j1 j, X( D" N7 o4 F9 {M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.' W& x, [: w( H* }! a8 v( v( X
, F+ z( {/ ^1 H, N% a* a- f* V% LL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?& j3 Q/ R* k% N; h5 T v2 C
?9 x5 B2 U+ u+ A5 V9 Y/ P" DM: 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) F7 [& ~' R S. U7 xL: 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.6 T! K# I/ ]* o7 `, c6 S; X7 Q
* i. g/ b) C% zM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.% Z* B% u8 }* {( o
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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!: S$ n( U% c+ s6 ~9 Y
% I+ \' x; Q( YM: Yep. Let’s go!+ N3 ]+ |( t. I# C9 t. ^' L
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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)。/ ]) a* C! W: T9 f9 ]9 ?, L
2 z2 F6 n8 B8 m6 k+ VL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!
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8 ?0 {: U% H" u2 ]' f% iM: 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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! f( s4 Q) X7 b* @ U9 y( `0 xL: 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。) a2 U/ V7 ?) ]: X( P) U; O
k; X& @5 ]: cM: 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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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。6 ?1 V! T; W( B9 R5 }
% v5 e) J$ t& c8 l6 Q X3 G, n/ ]M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?- R0 I: e8 ^: h9 f5 g+ g) a/ ]
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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。
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.# V; T6 f4 M+ ]$ A! V4 k
+ @9 H! j% D1 q4 ~- m5 r7 d. uL: 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。1 l* `# k3 r" F4 _+ q0 \
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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。# x8 u- t) e+ b8 I2 I# f, I, j
/ A1 n9 J# {5 [5 Z) e; fM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.. @7 U* q& P. x" I
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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。 j, o/ O5 ?; Z* X
) A: i1 l" s+ A* ~! R* o" `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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