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流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

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发表于 2009-6-8 22:29 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Michael和李华今天去看篮球比赛。球赛是在纽约大型室内体育馆[麦迪逊广场花园]举行,这场比赛是华盛顿的球队对纽约的球队。 Michael到中国去学过中文,他让李华跟他讲中文,以便练习听力。现在他们俩正在排队进入体育馆。今天他们在对话中会用choke和 money这两个词。
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3 _& V0 Y* p1 y$ i4 D' TL: 嗨,Michael,谢谢你买到这么好的票!我真高兴能到[麦迪逊广场]来看球。这可是有名的体育馆哟!
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6 T1 p7 z+ c# b. r" e% yM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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4 [6 }% h  S' H7 m# N* ~# VL: 你也喜欢来这里看篮球比赛啊,那太好了。今天是纽约队比华盛顿队,你看结局会怎样?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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L: 你说纽约队会输?你还说什么 choke? 你是说他们吃饭时会噎着啦?这跟输球有什么关系,我不懂。2 J+ e  D3 q  t0 Q( Z3 d
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M:No, no, no! They're not going to choke on their food! It's the same word with the same spelling, but it has a different meaning. Here, choke means to fail under pressure.
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" s; Z) @* e- U$ X* H7 cL:噢,我懂了。 你说的choke 是指纽约队会抵挡不住华盛顿球队的压力而输掉,对吗?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?, I+ q" ]& O5 c

) `4 D) U5 m' p% b5 wL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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L:你上星期考试考糊了?嘿,Michael,我还知道怎么用choke这个字。你不是老想请那个姑娘出去玩吗?你请她,她连电话都不回,这可真让你choked了,对不对?# a2 N- w1 J( C9 s, m

2 o) n: g& _6 j, Q* d: eM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.) W& N* H, h( H* w$ s/ O' [2 e" {! ~
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L: 噢,你说得可真轻松,没关系,因为你不喜欢她。好,那你告诉我你喜欢哪个女孩呐?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, k' T& {# u$ w$ X1 T
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!1 C: G' E+ P& g* p

" i8 ?, n+ b9 X& U! W2 O(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位). H8 w! \0 @- [9 `) y9 W# X! b9 Y( r/ M
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L: Michael,你看,纽约队看来不会输,他们赢了两个球,现在还剩十秒了。只要纽约队不失去球,他们就不会输。
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1 ]0 m  q1 l; mM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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  x3 h3 x7 V8 @0 J  t- l0 `( FL:你也认为纽约队可能不会输?等等,你看,纽约队丢了球!这下他们完了!华盛顿队要求暂停,他们还有赢的机会。# k3 Z' s- Q: {; s) U
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.' K+ S) D& v$ X7 ~/ r/ {

- j; o0 ?# G8 A$ V# ?2 rL: 你认为华盛顿球队会赢,Michael Jordan 会投进最后一个球。你说 "He is money "是说他会赚钱吗?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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L: 噢,这儿的money不是指钱,是指他打球一直保持在高水平上,一直打得很棒。
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" L& S9 W9 B5 e  HM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.% Y1 W# Z# B) d+ e; I
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L: 姚明当然很棒,所以也可以说:Yao Ming is money。那我们班的 Steven,他考试总是考得很好,也能说,He is money?
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, m( g$ Z& K  n# eM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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1 a/ M4 i8 U( d" i( M' oL: 原来凡是好的东西都可以说是money。我们正在吃的比萨饼是很好吃,所以也可以说是money.+ c2 ]/ C' ~/ B. Y6 N
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?" P6 U& I3 A5 D8 ?, z/ I
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。0 }4 T, a% J4 q

, c$ H& w: V5 b; X9 oM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# T2 H: ]9 s& J% h; {7 M; G3 e

! ]& y. x( K# W" `L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。9 Q. I: J; O6 x# K) F0 S% x' B  K

$ K$ t( b* k2 a, b3 S) Y1 y1 oM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.+ J" H2 b9 n  M! E$ A

. `' s) C( W6 |  d" `L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。4 i( ?  p1 _' L2 j% ^

5 N6 v1 n  [& |- C0 oMichael和李华今天在对话里用的两个词意思是相对的。 To choke是糟糕,失败的意思;而money是保持高水平,非常棒的意思。最好大家都不要choke,都成为money,那就太棒了。
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