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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。 5 [, ~' s5 d3 _0 q9 F; p1 w
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?5 y1 p6 W: N2 c: m" i
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。6 C2 e3 m, A! ]* q- o8 ^% \" Q) d
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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" v+ d. n' k; \L: 哟,怎么啦?
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# S N! z2 G( J; l; k- A* zM: 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.
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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 V2 C; M( ] e
" G& U0 ]/ d" Z4 s) r0 tM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?8 E# t g( w! i- _# Y& R
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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.
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2 F) w& A7 T7 n% r: aM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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$ q' H9 o( I2 L3 T7 p! qL: 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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' \9 _' G5 w' T. r9 pM: Yep. Let’s go!
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! t- A( j+ W b0 y8 w(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!
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2 x4 n3 g2 j" r# A- Y, x( zM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.( r& r5 q+ D3 L
) i! U! W% _" x9 j- TL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!* O4 G# i. N7 O; x
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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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) Z1 E9 _: _! X6 YL: 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。5 q$ r) d" n0 b7 w
$ `+ n! V- ~9 x: U% m: ^! rM: 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。3 q( ^+ ~' o9 J/ J9 ?7 n7 O3 n
/ j5 f7 v/ [. VM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?7 J. `) R2 w+ O; ~. Y, w. h. B
& }6 m y4 y! P6 F" TL: 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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; V$ K! A. L0 G; l4 d5 X! KM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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8 v& T: ~2 C& i, LL: 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.4 ?' @0 O/ Z( k6 K
. W. G! H: i7 f( n! q" JL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。& Y8 G9 ^4 ~3 R" r
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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。/ Z \9 [4 i7 C6 ~( N
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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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