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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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5 A' P% e* u- L" q, l. ]8 JL: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.1 _8 q, U4 n) V6 T  G% c% H

; `5 L, c& Y# E) @8 HL: 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.
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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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! g, X1 h" V# V- ~, Q$ ]- j9 fM: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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2 J* e2 c6 y% |5 Y) [4 R, @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?( c) C- b3 f$ Q; Z" w* M" _
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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.8 A9 X. _9 p6 D+ |; \  i. A4 i7 x
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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?2 A. `& f4 A* q' r
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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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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?" D  k2 i+ S) \. i# S
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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% \/ G! c( ~4 `4 ~- gL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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% B( Q+ n- G" F5 U) Z" bL: 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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. E' q7 g2 }8 B! Y" a% kM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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* `4 O0 L9 N; A# X$ WL: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。) [, q0 u+ g. |! b  F/ Y6 I: Z* r
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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?/ }4 _4 N, d# d! H2 K$ v

' B& j5 D; b! NM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) m( {- b+ C# Z

7 I4 l$ Z2 _* m! R  W6 W; F, A6 zL: 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:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?: {7 M9 r( w& e2 e( t9 d& r
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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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3 O2 ?% }+ @+ 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.
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! |7 Y; \3 Q& {M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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4 r8 t* f/ z0 XL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。& i3 |6 A& j7 B8 G: N* b% E1 X

% V: O: B6 T0 u: MM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# t+ w6 {% K2 ]4 x. U0 {

8 Q- w8 S( }2 x# t' Y' RL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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( ~" C" d- F9 s' q7 d8 E' e3 ~M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.* M9 t2 D2 U$ A' y' ^
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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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5 E. K  g8 L  bMichael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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