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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。3 T0 N2 D( o% F2 {6 U2 r$ h( P( H
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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!0 S  E$ P+ J( k" I  O7 n

# H+ ]3 ]; A$ V1 Q& t  {0 VM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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! y/ D  R3 B- h8 p  f; sL: 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.% s, i. X. k# ~7 C6 M' q
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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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4 r$ r+ _7 e& PM: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?, P' R5 Q% a- ~

7 G% J) {0 G$ o3 F- n5 m1 M, ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 u. a. {0 ?7 ]" b

; |! w6 R' X$ Y# \9 g" y! l' b3 nL: 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?: `% S, C0 j+ S" G2 b9 }  P
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M:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.: x2 T# L  u1 d
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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!  l9 _1 `! u) u7 D1 L; r# @
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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& ^% c2 c/ w9 ?! o" }5 b" {) d" W(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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5 S' x" z( {/ r3 f9 T- h0 PL: 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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( R9 v- ?) M) Z. R% ?9 [" SM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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. [$ ?: W2 F& q& v: @* lL: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。+ K7 {1 U2 ^9 ^0 l

: \9 y, l0 l& g. F2 v! D6 l, I5 z6 @7 ~M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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; T0 L/ }  D: ~* YL: 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.5 C1 K2 S3 J3 r9 B$ N2 b0 {0 W
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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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0 @* e! |$ t8 T0 j5 R6 M: DM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.4 ^0 @& n! `* t  `/ k

7 E6 u" q2 d# i4 b% I% G8 M/ b- ~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:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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4 J9 f. d$ F0 I, lL: 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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, k$ g" J! t5 q

" e$ X9 L0 c( F7 u. @. PL: 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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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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1 ]  [) U) M2 YM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
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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。0 }7 m4 `3 P' ?) w, F
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