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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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5 j E+ N- Y" `$ a$ YM: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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7 y- T, R! U) N9 k4 GL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。0 J# V! ?' K# e# `* Y
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M: Ok, let’s go!! r0 c. P* `$ I# { o
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L: 哟,怎么啦?0 i, ^' D" x' R+ u
! x, i/ x! P: c9 b) d9 M( F5 c: rM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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# K8 v& K8 J8 S& ^/ S2 S' pL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?) A; z2 B; z8 |: n6 t# z+ d
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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?
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@8 ~: o" B8 F3 H5 qM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.# D8 J$ S8 `$ L/ V# e
$ u7 c: S$ I8 _6 k7 o! A0 C; W4 WL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?
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2 j5 }* b; d& D* pM: 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.: E0 |) D# w8 D# J# c2 h8 e( s8 g
3 C8 K* X" R4 `! k% ~, AL: 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.6 i2 t; ]7 q5 b6 t* H
( {+ C ~% m$ ~! Z* L$ A) B# M8 o1 O; TL: 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!
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5 _# A1 ^! I; d/ a(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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4 u1 }2 y* \1 ]3 _6 x4 i- n( SL: 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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2 }+ f& H* V5 H8 E7 y# _M: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.8 y. {5 s5 D6 y
; c, p) v9 w" R3 B0 E- h l! I& _L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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1 Z; B ]- X2 w3 m/ iM: 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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9 t8 f2 ]* f" l4 i O2 Y2 b5 PL: 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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, z) Q) y+ _/ I5 } d( t( b yM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.0 G) A% `" o) b
( s4 V& C4 O" P9 `2 }" I3 |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。: I/ ]* b d& u" c
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?6 s, W3 |' Z4 r+ m1 E( f# K2 T
- |) @5 n6 d! t* F! a7 Y" K; cL: 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 R9 n! C4 m. x# K; L
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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。
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- G' h# L; a# QM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.9 P' ?6 ]/ k8 r* D! q2 h
1 c" r$ l" m) n& {, xL: 我也希望你修车不至于太贵。得了,别说钱了,赶快开吧。& [9 ]6 G+ l! a N# L
' h' `# K' `8 w% C5 zM: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.
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* y2 o @0 w6 z7 SL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。8 M; ?! G$ N+ |
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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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