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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。 - {' R* k8 H) R9 Q K0 j# P+ D% `
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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1 d0 y4 p* \, NL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!5 a) K6 ^: h- X( R- y8 a8 H
/ \$ o/ Z) B. G( BL: 哟,怎么啦?6 ^, R0 _6 A' `6 ^/ n( p
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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?
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.! b; A# K1 v( P1 W" t5 m5 e
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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?0 z, g5 k+ q- W, Z6 s. ~
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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& z7 y! h( s6 s; j/ Y4 L. e$ aL: 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.3 s( ]! g" y# A) ~+ F/ N
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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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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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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!6 M1 Z. I/ m5 \( G
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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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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, S L6 _7 k* v5 z5 I. S! wL: 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。
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?, I8 B6 k$ R2 F$ ~
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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。" n9 m" U7 h( b
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.7 [6 d8 g! i- K0 D4 _ s
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L: 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。& j, d% ]8 [8 K$ M4 S' U
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.2 m, E: G1 L6 }8 M$ u
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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。! h# N# b$ m9 O' P
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.& h4 Z1 h0 s% h! D' a# w( o7 J
- l1 u( r" l7 }) w% pL: 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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3 x. h* v+ \+ E* z J; S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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