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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?
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/ C8 _; l3 X; {7 fL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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6 Y$ u; ~$ e4 T- |9 XL: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.: \8 E4 T) U4 s c
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?+ }" p Q0 T5 a) b; r8 {7 i1 T
9 {4 i2 j- k1 X3 k7 PM: 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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) k0 n ~6 @ d7 QM: 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?; T) K1 Z5 b3 @2 \9 V$ _+ X+ N
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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.* t; i1 G& O) M, H9 ]; C
! s. b( ]8 a; |' d8 [% [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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3 U) |! ^) c: qM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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0 i0 S* {6 f" B5 i+ e& M, t8 g1 kL: 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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3 d1 G3 I. u* p8 B9 O(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!5 y/ B) n5 @) h" G0 a5 z6 ` C
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!1 ~8 T9 a1 L D+ A
! p/ Q& k2 j s7 _& y+ wM: 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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5 R$ f6 D$ v$ Y* bL: 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。! R) K/ W' M- I' ^" ^0 }
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M: 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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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。8 {! M/ D5 U7 f4 x O: @
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad." G1 f* W$ F. R
$ R( E- y4 k# o8 p- b' 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。- s$ u& F; _% W8 [: G2 B
. s% O% n, _& n7 D9 j, q2 WM: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.
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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。% {2 D0 C, C: R* x
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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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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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