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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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( ?; ~: q. X: F a# V+ i0 k% vL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。; q3 U0 [9 y0 j& u0 G* ?
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- A1 I8 m1 \, T3 B. w0 w* n" h5 x3 DM: 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?, G0 y9 F# ^6 ^* {( @9 [; K. q
" [. n. [7 q' BM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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5 H. E1 y) N" @7 T& `+ P$ PL: 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?# y7 v9 Y) E# m. i
& k# e, O! u9 w; N( X) bM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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. c7 \" L; p0 p1 _/ sL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?2 e. d9 g3 m+ b% w" I
# f" o* A7 n# h$ U5 f. ?$ XM: 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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; i& o, c1 Y) a, D& N HL: 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.; I' V7 T& m+ L- h1 \) R
1 L: q: q. l& B6 v) Y3 jL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!3 N* D5 s+ _% ` {( k$ i" e3 u
7 u/ w8 F ~, D9 q; XM: Yep. Let’s go!$ ?/ U* @0 l+ } s% N
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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)。8 `7 T7 C6 @, H8 }* E; l2 L) i
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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!* _8 U( Q, P3 n% G% W! A
% r2 I5 h1 M8 SM: 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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6 M, b! [0 J- j; f% {1 ]) C7 j6 DM: 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.' b% Z. j# I4 j, d( }
+ x: k4 \5 G b! c Z0 Y+ ]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。" A3 C3 c6 [6 B } s
. X7 b @7 ~( J9 N& m7 IM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.! L* J% C, Q' ~# ^6 X; J4 a5 q& A
5 ?! v" J8 }* L3 x+ }; I; y4 }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。/ p, p* w0 M1 N7 s
, `' V& W8 ~/ Q3 {4 c: J1 @5 PM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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7 R* Q2 i: S! x; HL: 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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7 ?( ]0 ~; T6 iM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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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。7 ?$ G( T4 {0 s* C* c
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.8 q5 [! W4 z8 Y N( f& g- P, T0 j
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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。
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]0 |3 h7 e4 n3 B6 LM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot. O" U, g! R$ a o
8 a9 b3 T( f- S! w' `8 k. `3 X4 nL: 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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