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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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: `5 y, o0 G# E, M" B/ ?+ Y' H" b$ J. FM: Ok, let’s go!
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8 F+ a9 P! E/ BL: 哟,怎么啦?
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9 g- @2 I9 a) r% _# LM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.; t( z# J3 ~" X) ]) @8 \
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?7 B5 K9 m" T8 N
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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?. ]- w$ u8 m U) V
: f0 G' S d3 f! W5 v: DM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot. q5 U- I5 p' w8 I# L! C
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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.
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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.; k( a2 U$ D# g2 {. k+ @. \
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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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" `2 n4 ]% @; KL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!
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4 z; w2 F+ n q; b7 T- w7 \/ KM: 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)。$ e) U/ u8 G3 F& w3 a
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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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! \8 i. v+ v* H5 k# ]6 R" g' DM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.; U1 {* y: [* E
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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.# e3 o4 s$ z) O2 m! N
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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。2 E1 V7 \( q0 A( Y9 x
$ x1 |# a8 I1 Z+ F1 T; jM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.) K- F, _$ l3 {1 B" H7 G
0 {% m6 @3 m' z# A- a! jL: 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。! k2 z2 F9 m/ t6 }8 w
2 Z, I, ~* p5 z) ~& lM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?- V, A# M* F, P& r
3 c* k. {) H2 l% {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。0 {$ z7 J% d$ P5 D3 b. x; E
6 y5 @1 p0 n6 \: TM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad." `3 r' x& }, P ]5 g7 Q
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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。
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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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9 z; M% I" |+ c7 W' d2 K) RL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。: ~/ } K+ F: X' c
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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。6 h- g2 a2 c; [0 t* m q3 \0 a; Z
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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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