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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。
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?0 q9 f( D# c6 e( e' R; ?
' M; @; p7 J2 QM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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4 c) e# C" I2 `$ y" D% rL: 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.
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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?- y+ i5 {8 @" ~, _# Y
: I# |% a; t" r/ ~# K7 TM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.* u* }* ~- A$ L
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?" y! L. q. s7 n7 V( P
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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.4 {4 |- ~# g% u9 i/ a7 [
" [4 {- U( v$ E4 B6 ^, YL: 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.. s8 }& \8 ?5 | Z2 W6 E
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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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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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* i$ O2 U' V7 H- k* `2 gM: Yep. Let’s go!
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; s5 {0 ?( I5 Y(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。8 H! S" m! Y! i0 D* P
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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!. U, d" [; W0 X$ ]' ?3 n, Y
: O; S, W, w \; F/ HM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.% o" U. _' w6 J9 G1 k3 s- A! C& P
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!5 p& X4 V4 h+ _ m1 }) c0 ?
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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.$ H5 [' K' M1 L2 ]. \
6 w8 d" B% H5 L3 [8 z5 o9 f0 mL: 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。3 Y1 s) E7 e$ D. D# c
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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.5 l& ]; q" O1 W. E- g
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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?/ y% _! D2 j: x9 u
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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。1 m( v) {$ n0 w3 p# b. e' R
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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。6 m2 ?7 O7 K1 ?8 j1 T) L; l/ j
+ [( I# r) D& l. I' y YM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.3 m( N* [( h. O% f. |4 c9 `
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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。
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/ R. t( K M0 L, A& L) n# AM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.$ K/ x( e+ q' n/ _. Z
& h# l$ S3 A5 l" r( u8 qL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。; d0 y$ l) [. h
$ j9 I- @" r+ D: B9 Z! J8 d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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