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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。7 ^) e6 h" c; [; |4 @& K
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M: Ok, let’s go!" _2 @$ r. r+ T2 U
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4 P3 `* d6 u9 D& u3 O% W% j: J' hM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.7 [0 M+ p0 j. d) b6 S7 }
$ K$ k, k1 R! P/ DL: 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.5 ^4 A9 ]7 t! h& w
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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.7 Z# o- K3 z9 {0 `% v) u/ [9 @
# m( w. N5 B0 V PL: 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.6 a, H8 m2 W: G4 O
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.% c. E9 t1 ]+ k1 P8 o
0 d" m: ]0 l; M) v" nL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!& H# t; f) t. N( Q, P
4 ~7 n' O4 q& H; z$ `M: 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)。. Q0 H h0 F, U8 m
3 [' |- a1 l/ h5 {) C- rL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!$ g" Z Z+ N" l7 Q' Y! j0 R
0 ~8 Q; Z$ \# T8 d) Q% b' qM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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" U% v4 ?- `, Q! W' NL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!, w% y1 H. V3 Y# J; O6 ^ r
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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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L: 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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M: 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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$ q7 t _8 S( D$ g5 C5 C2 QL: 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。$ u7 l1 ~" A! k( A, J0 K' g Y2 X: k
, r9 K1 O2 ~8 w0 h6 IM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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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。4 W% r$ J3 l* F: u, c0 `
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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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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad., s6 @" w3 q; n9 m, W
' j% f) I0 ?# K3 f2 {L: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。4 i( y. \' h+ {7 s2 G, X
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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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1 G( C) v. e7 L1 C4 @; n& e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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