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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。 , I/ p% k" g2 o9 q* A/ F
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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/ I3 D7 g( h8 A) O2 N# sL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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# W' L2 X: {* X' J6 g" x3 F7 PM: Ok, let’s go!
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( h; ^$ o. W' U" zL: 哟,怎么啦?
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5 {% N0 ~$ y+ L% z* o7 s! q7 c7 g" ZM: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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6 b+ F9 f: l7 a1 K1 t P9 c$ `L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?( X J- k3 A6 n' 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.
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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?5 a) w: z9 i- z$ D& T
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M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot., n! `% S( ~1 G
7 j7 I- d8 i: A1 B4 u) XL: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?' k2 {' m1 C3 Y, [) E, C
( P% d& B- P- ]6 K% KM: 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.6 |1 ^6 L; n- G2 h3 j$ D- G6 K
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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.1 D X8 l" g* [6 U
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M: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.: |) e. b/ \+ u0 M2 X: F0 i. s* p
) }3 `, Q n [) T- NL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!' A3 y' |/ |' k' S
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M: Yep. Let’s go!4 L0 ^0 k" X6 p- n" x; n- \, s
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(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。, ~+ l* t* n4 |6 |: B' E
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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!3 F* X. f1 p+ e6 u! E, G! C+ }
" T6 l( v. k T# h4 b5 v: c" pM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
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" E( |$ Q; G# w7 [+ D+ d" i3 yL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!& s# i# Y: t0 @; c, }" ^
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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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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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2 W& D6 G4 r; Q/ kM: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.6 a6 B& j' k; l4 Y* `" e9 h% q
7 E2 ~3 P8 v Z4 jL: 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。. w0 u* v6 L( d- c# P" @) O$ g3 C
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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。7 [1 w7 X P7 d' Z+ y* ]
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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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) S) l- i0 L7 }9 h1 ]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。/ ? V; U$ D# N' v' m
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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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6 L4 Z `; P9 r2 ZL: 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.9 D1 [( j. {' w9 c9 H) L) }& D
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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。& C) F0 E4 ^# n9 }" T
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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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