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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。 6 l1 _" p5 f& S( {4 i
4 S4 H2 _0 p6 M9 b& p! ]. fM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?, P! c% H( }1 k, x- a+ f) [
+ m R7 N6 m1 H4 ZL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。$ z! c& k z% q/ O# f0 g0 _
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.! h0 |9 r+ i! X0 x5 g2 |9 L3 K
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?7 @6 k' I( q2 ]
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.0 R- P3 s2 @9 P) K& ?6 c
! v9 ^; Y8 x; ^& h N' mL: 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. x7 q$ f; F% a I) ?7 n
; l6 F2 z1 @) k v8 @L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?( O3 k" V2 w [
9 T% p& c" x Q" _# W- o! M$ l" y V! AM: 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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$ R* i% U/ B+ t5 ?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.
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* `4 }% E$ @. K) U( WM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.: E: U2 Z; U; 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!- X' ^+ t y( B4 e7 T2 ]
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M: Yep. Let’s go!4 r/ z2 K% O* |9 C' ^- h3 B6 O
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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!
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" w/ i' Z3 ]$ Z5 ^M: 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。
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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.+ ^4 \+ x3 e, W# z
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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。) x. ^' B" \, h9 N4 Y7 B2 d
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?+ d' `4 {, F! c6 b
( d3 K8 B& p T& k8 N7 g3 v6 {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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& R& v, t! u/ E; H+ ^; M3 L0 t3 L% |M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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6 A& _7 P6 G3 ~4 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。" a, i0 c$ V- @) ]& D! T9 X: [6 L. {: x) c
/ W" J; T- [' Q$ h e7 ZM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad." {4 p' |- }9 m) l5 j& N
3 r% `, u& G7 S! _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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M: 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。7 s. x p2 ~8 T! ]7 r$ z
4 f- E7 I7 I' v* d8 U7 a3 x' R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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