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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。 " |& j! o7 c, ~2 J
0 i) S% i6 H: I3 Y& h4 IM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?+ n% N& N9 ?( o: [& n
0 G) r8 c# _+ N2 Y6 V$ d$ @7 xL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。3 ~9 ^' O2 D" Y! U; R" V
- K2 c: W8 @6 r4 B* z9 x# q, R+ D" kM: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?' L" S: Q5 A( K) `2 B+ N! G5 {) p
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.5 W. e% j' v! W
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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. |6 s; X1 U' p+ e- t) S& ]* G
6 E1 }6 \/ [8 Y8 ]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?" K* d& C9 L1 u b8 {, }% c3 ~
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot./ v( X3 U+ y. S' c5 _
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?- u9 M M! N+ _6 ?* n
5 O* e9 X. u7 |0 b5 l* LM: 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.6 _9 T8 K$ t4 n
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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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L: 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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n$ b0 ^7 [8 [8 R+ iM: 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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* N! g! v: R0 VL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!* U/ a) Q9 r8 S3 J' F$ T, `
- I5 ^9 ]% o, B( ?3 UM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.- u. c- f# |/ n; u2 P( Z3 M& Q
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!4 ~- S" L. d) a4 A8 G, n3 j
& \' }) l; w# nM: 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.# l. P# g5 a7 i% c8 _6 X- i( F+ N( D; b
7 h! w d( d7 `- P) p1 QL: 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。: l7 N, o) L# z+ z' k, |, L
4 W1 P5 o) r; a) F ^3 S6 @# fM: 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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4 F6 Y5 t) N; e' r% [1 y- A9 aL: 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。( H% m3 V/ v8 y0 e0 R- m2 G3 q
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?. K6 I4 R0 G6 M: b8 c4 i# m
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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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: ?( z$ F! a5 p5 }7 b' Q. fM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
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# [% a3 w" r0 E, \# b S- mL: 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/ C) j5 ~% `$ ?1 q2 aM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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$ o4 y7 K& x, g E+ e: y, GL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。: U+ N& h5 n" ^. L9 T, n% N
i5 w d) W' T/ [8 u0 RM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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4 }4 i# z U: h' lL: 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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: f8 E6 j0 h y; `3 A! {* R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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