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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。 / q6 g; s8 Y# f" _
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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。; J, o! L- H& _8 [. E1 x
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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* Z; b K( _5 p, A* LL: 哟,怎么啦? [4 i' @, Z& Z' |) {8 f
: h( ]( O7 t+ `* i( iM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good., l7 n- \7 c" @; r9 V/ i8 Z
3 `) ?2 u' L5 i6 O% AL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?/ S6 h1 T5 ^5 _- X* ]/ U) a( ~
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.5 P7 Y T2 Q0 h$ Y' n h
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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?7 O, Z5 _# b- a" m9 N
$ [ i; H! ~) O* O8 KM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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7 w* a9 Z ^9 [: b5 @L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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. m2 I5 a6 t$ J0 d, x7 c3 k2 WM: 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.# |- j3 ?4 m0 C( A8 D' k% W. c& U) m2 S
9 }' L: B1 K: A% `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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( [% n' T3 x6 K* p' _L: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!) N G$ z4 E0 u* n
4 h; V1 R) F! \M: Yep. Let’s go!* K' o, R! v$ k9 R+ n
2 m9 e4 ~3 T: u(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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L: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!
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" I! `; n8 ^1 r4 C mM: 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!) R0 C! z: p% w9 g5 y
+ w6 o5 Y9 v n; q3 UM: 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.
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k/ l( @2 N8 K ]! E# WL: 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。 ]+ ~, W5 l, O) e
3 i2 c y, ]. i1 m) X7 s- m3 VM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.2 c1 `( v! @) u$ ~5 O
& y' i* t/ \' ~ `- C8 A& uL: 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/ q8 n1 ~& y/ e! I
5 e# f0 q3 }! _& o0 BM: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?. u) P+ Z ^! H. [+ g" e, h
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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。! D1 i6 O8 n+ f: F; P2 ^4 ~ w
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad." }; B8 i3 T# k% n" \& ^" x
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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。% c" S+ n/ c: R: |* l7 q6 q
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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.2 K, ^+ E5 G N. C) ^
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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。6 W8 `4 O k5 n. I. ^& w1 C
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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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" _# f2 [# z3 }- }3 g' R3 b) nL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。' O' ~# R( z( M3 m
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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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