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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
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。7 Q) }8 C: M; |3 I; ]0 l& H

- k& U; Z. I" V) Q# ~L: 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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1 w' @. g* ~# H, \M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.. `. z' C2 F6 t! {( r  ~2 k

, x" p) v: m9 x- n% p* e+ YL: 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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7 }. X" N4 ^% F: o" CM: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。
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( ?6 @9 x5 s: e, Z; Y! QM: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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L: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?- A2 f% ~2 p2 d/ T8 B8 R5 [; K

  g; q7 {8 z! b3 ~M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?/ a3 k# \, T3 `( a9 @2 h9 j

5 @9 y! \) M/ a8 bL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?( f; ?4 U' m6 S

( C- y6 r  S) k8 r, \' P/ L& BM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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. f) U6 |8 e- d( z! @8 qL: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?( z( _, d1 T& M" a+ i) @# i! J

- N% I' k$ j' a3 Z% MM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.( n9 m: P1 j# g3 @
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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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1 \# b& [, g! n5 v+ M# ^M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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. E9 B4 ?! ]7 U% j7 P# `# a' F1 xL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!2 X2 K/ P8 T! ]6 E5 ?8 B+ K

6 Z( r  ?' z5 R! ~2 i( V% p) v3 e(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)7 ]: j) m0 g, \3 R+ Q3 }

5 t* b5 t" Z8 ]( Q: ?( w% Z+ cL: 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。3 V8 p( a. E7 Q( m3 q
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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L: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; E" D) n. I/ H, q

# Q# u3 U5 n  M% \" F0 G" _8 a7 [! kL: 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?* v! e# B8 x0 Q+ w: t4 D
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.: m, |9 ]" D4 ~6 c
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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。. R$ |; f9 R" A4 h

. A/ R& |& l4 x* iM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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. I( T4 Y5 f# j. p0 w! _9 N/ CL: 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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4 i! Q, _( U* I. R8 w5 ~M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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5 e/ ?% ?9 T3 SL: 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.; z) c2 m2 Z$ J& M& |. N

. F; f5 g+ e7 }; JM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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& v& F  O6 T9 O6 W9 o0 QL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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$ A1 o) ~1 Z+ `/ A% o; l* QL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.5 h6 r& ~' k; I: X
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。
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Michael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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