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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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/ P+ \2 ~, [4 V$ m7 U' S; kM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?- a( h. @. U; X! [2 B& P
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L: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。# f7 J. G: c# H1 L' b
0 S4 f H6 U, j% g4 [M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.; V3 R8 E7 h, D( J% }) F# }8 C9 t
# l: J9 u! E; r& Y$ YL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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( W9 Y5 u4 D# q" ^, fM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.2 p2 ?3 G5 V4 ^/ 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?- j( E" [7 {' Y* ~( `' E1 ?
# C- n m: y- }' N ^% X2 gM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot." q7 _, O* Z" ?: {; _9 ^: u* ? A$ t: D
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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! Z& ]2 b9 }1 ^' ~8 ^+ NM: 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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8 C1 s/ D: w* M: u c. A M( \ t; P. pL: 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.1 i+ l8 N- A) W/ m8 J
" F8 z3 G9 g6 l' j8 U" pL: 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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- U) v, S% `, C( T+ G# S2 V$ SM: Yep. Let’s go!
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: A" H0 M: p0 L1 k(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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: T6 n' v3 @5 OL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!' t* e! M- t: H* |7 [8 Y% w
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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 J3 L! M) u& A# PL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!# E+ F1 o% i) L: G
* f4 {. L- M0 {; M; u: a1 Z0 yM: 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.7 g. X0 s5 z) W" J# t& `
+ ?, T5 y! w* s0 p. fL: 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。5 s3 o# C `" G/ ~" x' F% w0 M
' d+ |& X& [/ a7 a$ R8 K8 v$ u5 kM: 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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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。& o+ [+ i6 t) p6 f/ T2 y& ?
4 b- |+ J1 p qM: 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。) o1 ~, ~2 |# [
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.2 e3 |2 r4 _0 `
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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# `; S& ?; _/ wM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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: y' e6 u6 f' 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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4 r- m: N4 p \( }L: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。8 A$ Z# m( u" N; M( S4 s/ P! o3 N: p5 |
+ ^7 `2 X1 a( P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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