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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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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!6 g2 D) |& @$ @

* L2 D$ E! c1 d) X  qM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.0 `& L, K4 G- a7 H0 E
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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?/ T+ j# \( O" m
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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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; x$ {" v3 r! n: }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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2 F( E( s( H4 LM: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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ S8 L/ X+ d5 X* [, N- A. r! a
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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1 ^. t$ B  ~# Z/ A# K( kL: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?5 J# v' B! L  d: r4 e4 ^: p

# x% |+ a  |9 J1 qM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.3 b6 Z: X8 |& F9 C' P

- ?4 B2 K7 O' L0 Q- ~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?, n2 e( g9 M+ A: k4 R3 c

. w; U2 `5 i3 F2 z$ DM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. a2 J: K2 U  V
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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2 F- I; E/ R- Q7 U! g' J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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1 q0 @  X( G5 w& W  KL: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。6 G$ \: @( m, k" C) J8 Q& Q% P
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.7 R; L7 p" z8 d: o

" V, G/ v8 h; \' i1 ^. [9 p+ AL: 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?% ?9 U9 w+ A! j, ~7 f
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- S. J  U" p7 w3 N% \

1 ~+ N2 j. ]1 x: i$ Q9 @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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+ M+ ?9 v6 X3 W! A1 V& W8 J. vM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.3 _9 v* T  Q8 N2 N" j

. y- b& ?; U( Z8 j/ S; V, A) vL: 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.9 g9 ?% z! C5 R+ \3 i

7 e5 M0 A( N* I, EL: 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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. P! i: O2 _" `/ u7 r5 O1 Y- kM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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8 H/ L! D% Q( Q- p( ZL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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" M4 D& u+ E5 G% t1 u. N. XM: 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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M: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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- K: p+ b/ x  C) I+ zL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。( Y+ F( X' Q8 a$ Y
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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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