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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。 , u4 s" U5 I. u* b( Y
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M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?2 B% C# ^1 ^# b/ Y' M
V r; o; q8 N; [8 rL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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M: Ok, let’s go!
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.3 I5 p E( c6 P& }. R& p; H
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L: 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.& d- V$ ?$ n1 J) x9 h
: a& {% A N* v+ zL: 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?# _, W+ A |/ e% [9 e i m
+ m9 o3 q0 Y7 d5 x0 y, D$ pM: 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?
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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.
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% e+ M8 v n. w# t2 _" hL: 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 L( i; L% f- b% \4 C* IM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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L: 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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: R8 S7 l+ Q# z$ {- i(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。+ z2 X! B% Y7 F# J4 f
/ u+ o- u) ~: [- j. LL: 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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L: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!
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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.% H. D3 t) o7 B% W- U; `$ W) ?
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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。; j3 G: a% D+ i5 T8 L, k
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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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* _! `* a1 s0 s5 w( T6 RL: 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。) C6 P$ z4 m. g @6 J6 ` Z6 w
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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。. ~: ?& Q2 M% F/ t7 T& O
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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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M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won’t be too bad.6 }) w. |4 z+ r- ^3 f: }$ `
) Q( ^" N. Z' ^9 b1 c& ^L: 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.5 v ]% j, I' I
1 }9 u7 [+ L+ s2 y7 _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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