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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。
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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!+ s4 [" Q0 f  j3 Y) T
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M: 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?/ i# r) l; c4 }+ X1 l5 y* z
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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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2 j" B+ _% h. SL: 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。& a2 S$ I/ a9 h" a

9 a9 u& V0 ~  Z4 v; J" BM: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.- Z) b! A4 C0 k" W+ ~

  W# d% g# B* {! Q. h! ~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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$ |+ Y! P! _0 vM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ |( \/ K6 G5 e& l

! ?# x) ?7 E" S8 E! CL: 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.2 ^5 Y- a6 _) v3 P3 w( N

  \  W3 l" h$ q- b# l* O& ^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?
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6 E1 y( H( f& \8 e  hM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.& j* ^( n' K* U- E& m2 X' ~7 o

; J9 B/ U( _( _  `& C0 Y/ |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?3 n" Q# l+ ^7 ~( O( a

% N2 n) M) z/ B5 M6 ?M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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5 R$ x. E1 E. P- N- p( q3 ~L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 [% `% s9 m! C2 N$ K# d3 {! S

5 q  b' ^- c! F7 E3 s* z$ t$ t* L# |(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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; U! J* r7 `) k) r$ RL: 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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' C$ E: P3 J' e4 EM: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。7 G; {# m& @. D  J2 A# {/ ]  F2 E  s, p- |

1 A; P8 M. {: x: \! }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?2 h* E7 J8 G" f! K2 {* K8 f+ i# E

1 s. z6 ^4 _+ G: dM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 ^( E$ h# y0 S

; \5 N0 ]3 n6 A4 A1 @* M5 n+ EL: 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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% k" @" \/ G) s3 P2 I. _M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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( ^1 d4 M/ f/ H& 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?  O- [8 l. C% C
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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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8 b' F8 r1 J3 j& T2 ML: 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?0 \8 X6 [, u. x+ e  e: x. J1 x6 f

9 g) j8 D+ q$ L* m2 FL: 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。* u* `; Q9 Z+ C! k. I3 I
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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.: i) O# ^. O; U5 w7 Q

. u* k6 B( e$ X. K- ]L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。. g9 i' r/ Q0 w1 g. ]; X4 u! [0 ]

1 t$ o$ b7 j4 |: @% [3 uMichael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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