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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?. k% s8 d7 ^( a8 r8 ^ X& H% i
9 \( k4 A: p4 I0 {) zL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!2 [" z: f- h' E! X+ `
7 s4 {, q. }" hL: 哟,怎么啦?; f# F U+ N6 |7 m! w
, K9 S9 J8 ?) IM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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/ `: ]; r' y7 i! F5 V' hL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?6 S+ L |) ~1 u
+ l9 H; C e4 ^/ N. m F$ CM: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.: ^6 H( [1 X9 t; E
2 @1 ?: e2 C' `3 h8 N/ X0 K$ QL: 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?
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot./ \2 [6 ~5 s- N! `& P; k
$ e( X6 o, k: K* LL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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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.
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. b. d! Y' Y$ `- `$ JL: 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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" e( T! [4 X1 h2 B, r- ?. X) lL: 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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. d. g" h. a* \8 r' G! wM: Yep. Let’s go!
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; t$ I( f+ s& x" u$ z3 P6 W8 @(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。& K9 o; o* E: v6 x y4 T5 b
9 x+ e+ w$ L4 i2 Y+ v6 HL: 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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M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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9 |, ?. C7 R6 c/ S# pL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!' M) c" ^7 ?8 ]+ u
+ d. _, r/ M' S7 ?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.% D9 B$ t8 D$ f! U/ ^
/ f5 e' G9 ]( t3 sL: 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 L* { q' f6 F3 k3 }
6 u" \& D/ U! ]( h0 x3 V% |+ zM: 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。
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?
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. d' T, P# D4 y( _+ W4 c7 vL: 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。! w3 u) r/ U, p$ {- U5 N
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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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7 ?% l: o0 S- u5 }% NL: 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: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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7 Q$ N0 a: \0 UL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。. c9 b t2 U. R3 v3 b
# I0 k- `( v+ ~9 E* xM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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* J( s1 S ]$ ] v* A, |L: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。
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3 Z& s/ y, q1 f7 J8 L$ n( \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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