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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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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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8 D( x& A* I+ N, EM: Ok, let’s go!/ X9 D/ }7 Z6 h3 G7 b% R7 k
+ l8 X6 x' x: h3 k) a' O6 Q' YL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.6 E' T; T/ S% V( `* S
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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.( J# H. M% I6 N# q* t2 z$ m! D
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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?
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5 p# S. D2 x3 Z4 }: I. L7 FM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.7 d4 E$ ^; o/ S
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?$ F) Y% Y, J8 I" C* I' x
4 }. a9 x5 j( f1 \( S9 ]2 B2 eM: 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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( I4 r/ v) N4 O2 V3 _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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L: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!' r* }# c. u. `- C
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M: Yep. Let’s go!* t5 r+ K/ `4 @9 T5 @$ }1 h
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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)。( i1 B y( F p; |& z( X
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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!& P5 F% e' \, d: G0 }! X f! L( {
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M: 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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' }: P7 K+ N, Z: D# d/ n4 |8 [' AM: 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.0 d5 p6 m& Q! z" X$ Q- s
9 S+ I3 ]% e% [1 k9 M" 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。
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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?- x* W/ {2 z* {# o; a7 F
5 B! U8 T2 @" s# N: ?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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M: 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。, W+ D& y' P( p" `- d, R5 ^
. I: g, ?: V$ ~1 O9 uM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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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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( `# E4 {3 g: G9 O; TM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot. ]8 A. }6 O% P, t- X* l
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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。
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B: z+ U$ }; c% ~& x* c8 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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