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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。 5 ~7 w7 M. s- n/ b7 \! \2 ^
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?
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3 k+ w" `2 f# E* C0 J! `6 GL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!5 \3 E c/ m# {( \: j0 q
" e" f( V, m: L; |0 h& aL: 哟,怎么啦?1 s( u7 H$ l. J( g+ [: t
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
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; x; p1 C" K& f7 v) FL: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?
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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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8 J1 s$ h4 W! pL: 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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$ {0 F0 Y3 [$ i! mM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.) u# }8 Q: Q0 e+ h3 S- ~
4 S& h& ~# l, B" ^L: 什么东西坏了都能这样说?0 [# k! R. x i
2 P8 _# n' |' FM: 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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5 P6 l: J! Y5 R2 \' kL: 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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0 X' {. `' [8 oM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.; Q, s" g& a& p- {5 ?2 ]' J
) ^* a+ ?$ Z1 m3 m: qL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!; |) x+ W( F' {/ w- Q/ `
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M: Yep. Let’s go!
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# n( N8 R( j$ o) l7 t3 m7 V8 z! u F(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。+ F: }2 q2 H/ E2 l, {1 E0 D$ P c
% A2 |$ f' `; C, T+ m1 ]5 o' LL: Michael, 这辆车真不错,挺稳的。再开半小时就到了,太好了!8 T% Z8 Q3 e' W; F* M. Z
+ }- \" d* h# J& D1 S) e( C5 BM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.9 Z' R7 ?0 R; d+ y% {
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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!. C( H$ I9 C' ?# F/ Z) x7 \
) R" y0 u, ~4 b+ n+ GM: 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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4 X# X0 j2 ^! |2 _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。, G v" Q |8 Y3 M1 W
2 ? [: O6 O. ], R7 s% U; r5 kM: 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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1 P8 u- P) E% b! sM: 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。, K( h. h; R5 h% ^1 O
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.3 T% m9 R1 W! W5 }" y
' ^% D: b: g9 x6 r3 G" U/ y+ W/ 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。
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% j0 b2 [/ P, b& T+ |M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.8 ~" U8 `- G% z
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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。" e* X' H( k5 ^- Z3 }% o
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.7 L# L% e7 r% W4 m% Q
' z2 V: a4 X. t8 CL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。% J5 e& P6 l2 K4 W
: g6 _: N, r# k; I# h5 Y! s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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