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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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' R$ F( x2 i$ x zM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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. O4 U% l& p; I1 A3 L- e2 d& R% PM: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?3 P9 F* h$ Q! Y" W
3 @0 N! c# Q- w$ L, b0 _2 Q, |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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6 E [1 y& e( Z+ EM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.$ e* B4 N: M, m0 \0 t) v+ J
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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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, |2 W8 u3 O1 X% V# G# fL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?' d. V: g& s, e
2 a: d0 F$ j1 C2 y' g8 V; d1 w% q0 VM: 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.2 Y" v2 J, X9 T$ T6 B% r
" g$ O0 w# o, v' ]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.; f# ?5 K$ L0 _# L& G6 Z( g
$ K$ y0 r* s; K u9 J$ f1 eM: 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!
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* K0 i- I+ R5 g* z1 h0 U& MM: Yep. Let’s go! o0 l% `: t0 \+ ~7 R2 ]( a- p
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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)。. A% C `$ \% G, O b2 A
: V5 c+ F" h. G1 aL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!3 P2 |8 E6 l0 A/ i, ` O, D8 G
4 a& Q$ K; s0 v1 A% @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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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.4 x5 b; j4 ~: x+ c4 l! [1 |
/ b% X8 t4 ]+ }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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k/ T1 O( g8 t( z% fL: 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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: P! ?# g9 V# H) U0 S/ y# r9 tL: 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。" Z, o' w- w1 x
, A9 [" G" S. V* t$ D5 R1 wM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.1 w" H: U3 L& U: f2 U5 _) z
& R# z5 }* a+ L8 u3 O* wL: 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。/ E0 z$ ?* d% R+ a/ c- P% W9 y
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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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0 @% V2 C. D4 m8 ?* ?5 SL: 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。, s1 t5 k) L: V
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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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