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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。 % t, _- W0 f# j% E# b
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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。
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0 ~9 R" N4 J9 N$ ? Y5 ?1 ~M: Ok, let’s go!' a( U, d) L9 }" R) z3 w
, |; d' |2 p. j+ KL: 哟,怎么啦?' O- a% k0 f- L: U0 r& j
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good." i6 ]; [/ K6 G1 P5 J
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?8 r3 @' i: o2 J; G/ |0 V' F5 E
/ z8 P" N* u: N* n, S7 fM: 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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( F$ R2 m8 l1 d4 l1 F. gM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.
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L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?$ R( l; G; ~( Q) W! K
% c3 s A8 S0 f" ]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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. y8 ~' N/ W" u4 A0 K. LL: 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.% M% |; M$ K% s1 N: E2 ^" \9 v
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.$ i) ~* x% X1 F, X# p; E; o
4 k R# F) e% @( _( m0 v" @$ ~L: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!+ d; V4 i- n# y! k- ]
0 F, j2 l3 ~& b% f2 n2 jM: Yep. Let’s go!- X X% X, b h/ s
5 `* h1 U6 ^8 w(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。: l5 Q" J; S; J- B
' V' p: n5 ^: S KL: 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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+ e* h. m, e% mL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!# c% q, l: U) O4 T( Z
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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.
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' A. [ R; Y5 y. z# i8 h! [L: 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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; B6 q' c7 R5 A0 I8 ~4 Z/ oM: 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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, `5 C" q) l. ?% C9 IL: 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。4 G/ M9 L( E- E* c; ?
! [. r1 V& g# h2 {M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?/ \$ m/ o4 c/ _% B6 B! y( h* `9 D
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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。- x1 x2 E: P1 y$ e! @1 ?
( Q ]0 Y4 N+ G, d1 ^( aM: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad./ {* w2 B# G7 D
; {0 W0 @& y( z- FL: 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。2 P$ F- m9 J! M1 _5 F1 @
( ^6 } s a9 X+ n7 [- yM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.5 z! Q, Y- E1 W2 T- o
# @& ]6 Z# {' J5 {) _, RL: 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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8 U8 n6 R# q& @. `2 s d3 u% fL: 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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, I8 F& _: {- W3 [" x, }& l8 I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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