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：?jiǎn)?，怎么?
M：I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
L：什么?有人開(kāi)槍把你車(chē)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(kāi)槍?zhuān)瓉?lái)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)字啊?
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(shuō)?
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(shuō)：My knee is shot;要是你的肩膀受了傷，那你就說(shuō)：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(chē)吧。噢，毀了一整天也能這樣說(shuō)呀!
M：Yep. Let's go!
(Michael和李華租了一輛車(chē)，現(xiàn)在他們?cè)陂_(kāi)往新澤西的路上)
L：Michael，這輛車(chē)真不錯(cuò)，挺穩(wěn)的。再開(kāi)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(chē)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(chē)沒(méi)有壞，真把我嚇一跳。原來(lái)又是我的英文有問(wèn)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(qián)。
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(qián)貴就是：the damage is bad。價(jià)錢(qián)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(qián)的時(shí)候可以問(wèn)：“What's the damage?”所以租車(chē)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(mǎi)新電腦花了不少錢(qián)，所以不要我?guī)湍愀?。Michael，沒(méi)關(guān)系，我能付一點(diǎn)，你還要去修車(chē)，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(chē)不至于太貴。得了，別說(shuō)錢(qián)了，趕快開(kāi)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。