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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。 ( @2 J- d1 s+ ] q
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?: |% Z: C7 Y$ e* B: D5 ] l1 I& M
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。' G: {! ^1 Z8 d2 O }2 r& P0 Z
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M: Ok, let’s go!1 I7 M: Y% M, c1 p
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L: 哟,怎么啦?% S5 r, b$ N# x- C
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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! A3 i% L' z& t9 tL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?% X- {4 _1 n3 T5 n- N9 l
/ h. P. s5 ~2 p+ G9 h. eM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.
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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?$ @& K# Z6 l# h1 @
( u" N) u: x5 a# ~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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" w# V( o# X# t# C6 D2 y. MM: 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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9 M% Y6 c) p& B# x( k6 x; n# k; N$ UL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!5 }/ q/ b* Z4 Y
& Y9 N( h, _7 @8 ]' g8 y" [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)。
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0 Q" I$ b2 \8 X& QL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!3 J7 f" M4 n' \! E6 u [0 k
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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2 m9 O" s8 o" Q- ^# j$ Z* v3 h# kL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!4 R, q* |! ]9 u9 {# ~
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0 Y5 C, }6 R0 V2 lL: 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。) D- m1 B; z0 F. [! u4 Q
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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.' ~+ q4 P* }" }. A
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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。7 x6 L" {8 v$ d" N/ v8 l! L
! R. D% Y$ I; }. V+ EM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?# V+ |( T* \ ^# `0 B
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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。$ C, n4 J9 r# O
# Z3 i8 {3 w _3 d2 ?! ]# JM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.. t/ U+ I7 ]: h1 q
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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。. u* X* _7 a& x$ A0 N' ]' G. U2 Z
4 R% j" i# M0 B3 |* GM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.9 e, \8 u$ [: S
2 b7 L$ J; ^9 R7 X E2 gL: 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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$ R7 G, L$ K6 R. SM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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7 L8 N; P8 ~0 D- K0 j/ Q& O0 B4 r* DL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。6 Q: t+ J7 {7 f; a
8 n6 Z! M* E( Y, [. m- X+ u& c$ {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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