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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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) s; e7 {4 |4 e! E$ PL: 行,我准备好了,可以走了。
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L: 哟,怎么啦?
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M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.( J) s) p. y1 H* v
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L: 什么? 有人开枪把你车打坏啦?/ n7 n$ n; E p
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M: No! You’re right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.8 S* D7 h- k* v! Y4 P% X
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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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: p a, h8 n) E) L2 {) wM: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot., m o7 e* \5 w- }& {
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% b" s. B Y6 L7 _5 O" AM: 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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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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# c% F9 q" E8 u8 ~3 D# fM: Let’s go rent a car. I don’t want our whole day to be shot.
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: a5 ^0 s5 W2 Q: Y9 ?, G1 pL: 对,还是去租一辆车吧。 噢,毁了一整天也能这样说呀!' Z3 ]! |) N( R
7 d& d1 Z1 \0 A' w5 aM: Yep. Let’s go!
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& D F8 U- b Z5 J! }0 Q$ w/ C+ e(Michael和李华租了一辆车,现在他们在开往新泽西的路上)。9 P' _. I3 d1 C, ~1 v7 I2 s
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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!1 c/ U% c7 u0 O$ R2 D; [7 ]* Q
! e+ X' Z2 V2 X. w3 LM: Yeah, I’m glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.! g) N. @) X# S: {; r. I# U! m
( n$ O7 s1 _& ^8 ZL: 什么?这辆租的车也坏了?哟,那怎么办呐!# ]; J/ _: ?' s
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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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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。+ e( N. j7 ]: b3 q7 D
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M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What’s the damage?4 @* P3 q2 w: A
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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。1 [1 ] P1 y% T2 p0 |& p8 F. V. o
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M: You don’t have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.- B, _7 N% b$ S
2 F4 }& L: x( u! pL: 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。# Q8 V+ Q- k, Q0 G0 V4 T3 r7 t) J6 T
4 H0 m2 C; g5 R/ F$ T; x' JM: 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。7 w: E% H- M* l* D) k9 s" W
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M: OK, I’ll drive fast so that the rest of our day won’t be shot.9 K0 V2 p3 J# r* n, A
8 T" \+ K: L* [( FL: 对了,别浪费时间了,我也不想把一天的时间全浪费了。5 q& C. i" d/ [
) d2 e0 Y% W. Y# W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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