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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。 # P2 Q: Y& P9 C% _! V4 v
/ T: Y! K* W* O3 J$ `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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# ?+ {6 h: \: M$ m7 o9 DM: Ok, let’s go!* ~$ V3 d9 k# c! V1 p/ b/ D
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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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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/ I0 X+ R E3 E5 F4 n5 _M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.; S" e3 t) y1 f
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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?& q. m" R- Z4 _2 n, C+ C5 D
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.6 J2 s, J# C* J Z! c7 i
% |! ]' h/ M7 x" VL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?$ W" A8 b; ~& c6 u
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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.7 Z) i+ [2 @9 L% [4 b
$ j; T F4 Y" O8 h' N9 {/ OL: 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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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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M: Yep. Let’s go!' ^- e$ y ]/ s6 P8 U# X1 N, \
$ h) z/ j% K1 [(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。! @6 S* v" ]1 \3 @+ D" W- w% H
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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!% a; h, p, t7 h/ x
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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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( K" q p7 p* i% }: CL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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4 g4 p2 f( I3 N- k9 wM: 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 X! r* b9 \+ N9 ~5 |
+ W* M k5 ^4 U nL: 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.5 W- @% I8 e- H* f- t& Y# f
) M& d- O2 j: W5 A' I) xL: 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。& @' Z# g: V$ G# S$ d. ]
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?- J7 e. O% Y5 W3 u: B) \* w6 |
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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。0 s8 s9 J2 z1 z6 a7 f1 B/ t7 F1 K
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.9 X" \5 U8 W/ M; [
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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。! i# [9 G8 N) I
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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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5 ^0 {' s0 X6 lL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。. k7 j- m5 c0 o+ {0 {8 z$ J6 v
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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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% T6 U. j( l, b1 b* R* L0 d' YL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。9 l# B6 @! A; Q8 Z ]# O- L
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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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