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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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% w! l, ~8 g# _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!: y6 r! s( o8 C  ^$ Y4 Z

4 |4 o# y' R- t$ n2 e% K$ X, PM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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L: 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?4 h6 ^' p" H# J7 Z# m
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.1 W& E9 {9 v- t8 c# i9 p/ O8 o
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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。+ y) o5 c; @' S" _( n5 u
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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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% n$ P# d5 {, |% `2 ^6 m, LL: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?  F! k: V# B7 r" F; n( E/ }
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L: 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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, [2 t$ V, ~- ~4 @% d' a& gM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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8 o" @( R! P* I; l* V; q; AL: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?, k0 |1 j. Q: x
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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.
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+ W& S* S' G3 d2 bL: 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?! \" D6 u+ d- q( u

  X. Q' x- z9 h2 ?+ ZM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 b' @( W( w0 Z7 d0 `

2 Y: Z- w! i7 l3 w& o: R2 U: mL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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/ Q0 t! ~' \% ]0 ](Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 B# c5 r/ o# l3 I* v1 A

; u) p: Q( w, N; q. z6 {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。& Q. `  h1 _6 f! C' U# k
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.5 R! V8 F$ ^! B- Q  f
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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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% @$ s  E. i* w" ~M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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L: 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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* T, ^7 Q" I0 H) C& Q( ?2 w6 z: l; LM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., P1 |$ l% U( m3 a  [- S, r8 k
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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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9 Q- v! [  F/ G) ~; iM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.% i8 O0 K8 @- F. P

% W0 n  M1 X' O; f0 DL: 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?& P7 u  M$ P9 p
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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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1 \7 w& J  `, ^, F2 h& AL: 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.3 h+ a; E* {6 V  M5 k, q& `2 U
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?* \$ m. X, d8 d+ e2 s
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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。2 y- J/ Q* Y  f( \# H: g. {

9 E# `% V" U8 k! d4 kM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!: p! ?8 U+ _% G4 N* [& Y2 G
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 R4 }5 W. B# v) }- r! c
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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.- {# @; w8 A+ q, u

6 H1 t2 z9 F8 I) gL: 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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