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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 d1 S7 L; z x5 f' B
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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' U) W! `1 _- D5 ^L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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! l0 c+ S2 B0 y" T1 @( J @3 vM: Ok, let’s go!9 }- C3 v2 m% y( @! M2 i1 S
; | [% E9 s" l4 pL: 哟,怎么啦?
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4 d/ |% v9 j0 n. GM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good./ d3 M/ S0 D) j5 a' T+ _% w
/ Z4 ?4 X- o, W, S2 EL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?0 F" Y* W; T6 j* f' R6 q" J! a
" ]) S8 o! k QM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.5 |, |0 O4 s+ \/ Z
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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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M: 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?
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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.) [+ i$ e3 B: g; [1 R% _) r0 w
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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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, S% q; B; W/ O/ M9 K3 [# ]M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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$ h' u5 h5 d8 }0 o2 |, x( w8 pL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!& a% Y1 ?8 z! m; F9 Z, M
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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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# R' |' g( u! { H7 P/ U- W0 M(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。: p* \5 @% O* @& g) P2 R r
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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!% _' L( \" {. b: \' F) ?# D4 p
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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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5 i' U! A! Y( |1 M& LM: 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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" f$ s, m% S7 L9 v% kL: 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。; z) U. [% A g' w, n$ q/ E2 t" V- y C
) M3 }) u; G' R* aM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.' P8 _( S/ |2 H- K' W- ~+ w
. T2 N9 K Z% @% ~- B$ }2 ML: 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?1 E( l# f# A& v' }! z( D. q8 L
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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。6 F$ [! L* l# y! L0 ~3 N
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.+ [7 R* B& O4 _ b7 ]8 ]6 B
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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。* C! |5 a- p$ t* ~! _" P
. q7 J. F2 i3 ^; X! xM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.( ]4 G' r# p! f! Q
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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。# m% X5 p; F' [5 ^, G3 ^
" y$ C% V# M: @M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.0 w+ U/ a# Z8 k' D2 R
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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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; d9 R* D$ B/ ^6 p& t- t( I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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