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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。 s+ t$ `& Q g' C7 r( D" ~
w1 S1 b. P+ B# I" VM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。& _& M6 _7 O+ Q" c1 e
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?6 Z3 o" ~. P6 a; o( `" N# t
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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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# J3 D z4 G2 T; f6 p. K0 H( {5 W) pM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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: R I/ w. F0 ^. r/ KL: 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./ k: m' i- [: X) H$ o3 v! z' G
1 l$ l8 B; f1 ]( \9 k& y0 VL: 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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: \ s. j+ M: }1 r) u/ J5 UM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.+ E& A( x8 a2 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!1 j6 i+ Y/ n( W* f/ z9 ]
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M: Yep. Let’s go!* E' J" _8 }0 @* I
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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)。1 d$ E' q; y4 i3 P
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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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0 {" [% Q5 b% y; w( jM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.1 Y0 p5 ^+ {7 L$ _
g" x' X9 V; r% w- e3 g+ Z2 tL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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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.
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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。4 o7 |! T8 ]2 A9 n0 N
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?( d/ p q# S+ B* G! K7 O
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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.
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8 C- g2 F/ S& _; c! yL: 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。- h* n4 i/ Q# S" [% G) X3 G: g
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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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: j& I& s$ R8 NL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。; b5 O. S# Y) ]* z- n2 \$ d
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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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0 `3 \/ z4 T" |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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