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今天Michael和李華要開車去新澤西州看一個(gè)朋友，跟他一起過周末。新澤西州緊挨著紐約，開車只要一個(gè)小時(shí)就到了。請(qǐng)注意他們倆人講話當(dāng)中用的兩個(gè)詞： shot 和 damage?，F(xiàn)在他們正準(zhǔn)備上車。

M: Hey, Li Hua, are you ready to go?

L: 行，我準(zhǔn)備好了，可以走了。

M: Ok, let's go!

L: 喲，怎么啦？

M: I think my engine is shot. This is not good.

L: 什么？有人開槍把你車打壞啦？

M: No! You're right, shot does mean to have used a gun, but here shot means something is broken.

L: 對(duì)啊，shot是指開槍，原來這兒的意思不同，這兒是指什么東西壞了。那我的電腦壞了，也能用shot這個(gè)字?。?/span>

M: Sure. My computer is shot. You can say almost anything is shot.

L: 什么東西壞了都能這樣說？

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.

L: 噢，要是你的膝蓋受傷了，你就可以說：My knee is shot; 要是你的肩膀受了傷，那你就說：My shoulder is shot.

M: Let's go rent a car. I don't want our whole day to be shot.

L: 對(duì)，還是去租一輛車吧。噢，毀了一整天也能這樣說呀！

M: Yep. Let's go!

(Michael和李華租了一輛車，現(xiàn)在他們?cè)陂_往新澤西的路上)。

L: Michael, 這輛車真不錯(cuò)，挺穩(wěn)的。再開半小時(shí)就到了，太好了！

M: Yeah, I'm glad too, but the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.

L: 什么？這輛租的車也壞了？喲，那怎么辦吶！

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.

L: 租的車沒有壞，真把我嚇一跳。原來又是我的英文有問題。 Damage 這個(gè)字很普通，大家都知道是指什么東西壞了?？赡阒傅氖菫槭裁礀|西付的錢。

M: Yes, renting the car is expensive, so the damage is bad. We usually say the damage is bad or not bad.

L: 我知道了，價(jià)錢貴就是：the damage is bad。價(jià)錢不高，那就是： the damage is not bad. 再給我舉個(gè)例子吧。

M: When you pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask: What's the damage?

L: 噢，在飯店里吃完晚飯要付錢的時(shí)候可以問：“What's the damage?" 所以租車很貴，the damage is bad. Michael, 別擔(dān)心，我可以幫你付一點(diǎn)。

M: You don't have to, Li Hua. I know the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.

L: 你真好心，知道我買新電腦花了不少錢，所以不要我?guī)湍愀丁?span lang="EN-US"> Michael, 沒關(guān)系，我能付一點(diǎn)，你還要去修車，也很貴的。

M: Thanks, Li Hua. But I hope the damage for fixing my car won't be too bad.

L: 我也希望你修車不至于太貴。得了，別說錢了，趕快開吧。

M: OK, I'll drive fast so that the rest of our day won't be shot.

L: 對(duì)了，別浪費(fèi)時(shí)間了，我也不想把一天的時(shí)間全浪費(fèi)了。

今天Michael 教了李華兩個(gè)年輕人常用的詞，一個(gè)是shot。 Shot 是指什么東西壞了，或者人體的某個(gè)部位受傷了；另外一個(gè)詞是damage。這里的damage不是指損壞，而是指為某樣?xùn)|西，或某個(gè)交易付的錢。謝謝各位和我們一起學(xué)習(xí)[流行美語]，下次節(jié) 目再見。