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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?* j7 H# f+ y U" G/ N
( }8 {9 G3 X: c2 p& yL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。, l- ]5 `) D- ?1 Q( _6 f
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M: Ok, let’s go!! z9 Y4 k' f, c0 Q8 P b; T
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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/ C& |$ M1 r, W& A3 vM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.. R V$ t; D+ \& [/ a& Y3 x
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?9 L/ c& C6 M6 P' F& p/ i* ^
b6 i# R1 z7 Z3 B* O7 RM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.# z1 M9 R2 U$ w& o0 j4 Y
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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?; Q' l6 k% B/ ? V
( Z9 m; N: V u# }, kM: 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?# r% n% N* c1 Z, r. i
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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.; l* M) j$ V& s: L' P! m6 E6 Y
( x/ @, R' h$ j' l( f' \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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; I6 j/ [6 w9 f/ I' o+ r; ?0 _6 tL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!7 l$ p3 ?/ b" l, Z. ~2 S- g" v, J6 M
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M: Yep. Let’s go!, H) `* \9 q5 r( X% S1 w8 [8 `
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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)。4 `6 H7 w. \: n! G1 ]# H& B
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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/ a D8 y5 }$ Z2 ^L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!, p0 Q4 }- i, w3 m# Q; J1 v
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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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" Q f+ A1 G3 s1 u n5 ~$ W2 GL: 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。- Y- N6 ^$ a% M/ L
! ?% i3 n# Y- ~! 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。
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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C* y# V2 L4 b) ?. iL: 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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8 I7 I) _9 g5 xM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.& ~! E% B ^/ m
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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。
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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$ B0 G- H1 }3 \$ M3 q9 HL: 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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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。
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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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