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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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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。+ j; t3 D X# _1 V
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M: Ok, let’s go!2 c' R) s2 [. f( ~. Q j! Q
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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' B: [ p# A. {; P6 JL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?1 p4 f& D- S3 v1 ~/ }2 v7 R
g1 }+ P1 F: B6 a: }" f" SM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.0 H' [' L( q# R3 Y# j
, ^* i0 Z% n" L) d: |* n tL: 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?" l0 X5 G' i; _& b
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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& \2 N- p) l2 ^5 m! [L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?# n( i P; o Q6 ?3 _
2 W- v* d# p$ ~. |5 s" J- F' mM: 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./ f: b0 O5 t9 K( x
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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.
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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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. F3 w. b; H# w, U4 K% fL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!' s3 T8 t) k7 M+ z ^/ S$ H9 f! g: S
" L5 H" Y* B l% z* e' yM: Yep. Let’s go!7 b& p3 Z- \/ P @* f, y9 _8 f
( y/ B0 B' G8 R0 @(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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% ?. k% Z2 [' U+ AL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!4 H4 y! f7 r% a" B+ |! k! r
! a: e. o; w0 g3 R, G" b. o- Z1 xM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.- N6 p, Z }2 `* r2 b
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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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" }0 t; E3 b/ z' g" Q, s4 r w% BM: 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.; z2 b- X; |/ p7 T2 b9 z
& y- G/ ~* \4 H' jL: 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。- z/ G, G2 A2 ~1 }
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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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) e1 J K5 e1 Q% J, Q9 XL: 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。! Z: Y" p6 J& ]) V$ [# N- P, Y8 p" B
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M: 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。3 `) k/ E- T( y
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.9 E$ s9 C, f/ ]# y; L
/ Z' l+ ^. t: e: G- ~0 B3 B9 x TL: 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。& x+ j! G' b3 z% x
6 x4 ~( p! F/ u. F6 q* {/ p. LM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.7 T% z _% q$ }2 l
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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 @& C7 ~8 C* K0 W- f
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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。
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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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