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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。 % l* Q1 x2 e* a: i: F
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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。3 g- Y# [( E2 C4 }- ~* @
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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% ]4 P; G+ y7 }4 }! j" xL: 哟,怎么啦?
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+ \1 N" C( y8 \0 ?2 [M: 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.( w; R* U) h2 v
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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?$ O. T; k% K: w3 f: _1 E
S( A a, \( bM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot." J9 q5 U6 h' Q' r2 H
# o# ^0 |0 h# U i2 _+ EL: 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.
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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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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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$ ?$ h2 u$ d- o, R7 J& j. bL: 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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1 q, x: g' M6 P$ n+ @3 ~; O& [M: Yep. Let’s go!8 p# O) C# _. c$ A
7 c4 e6 {% `- c5 h2 g3 K(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。& z7 o7 b; w0 |! {! e
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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!# v* r$ Q% v V( E
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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( w" ^: z1 o' H; j \5 B, kL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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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.3 H! i7 \9 o$ F2 \
! |4 x2 k3 T' I6 O7 pL: 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。4 I/ U- n/ z0 ~6 p+ ` ^
7 a a2 u( w, ^9 {4 x: x* UM: 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。( M- n$ p5 u3 X1 s& ?5 H; g
; o& X, M' J7 ~- N" ]! WM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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/ C$ {3 \% k9 t; W) k1 o; `# uL: 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。" l0 y. K9 {! \4 `& ]
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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。
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3 b. T2 W- X. f, tM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.- m; O, L/ J5 d/ a- `, k7 O i
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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。/ e4 b/ C! h7 A8 F, s4 B6 \7 _* H$ k
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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。! I* L% a" z5 v1 K2 L
( C; o) n% j4 @2 t3 j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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