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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!
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: ?7 ^# q! W: |% c1 w  cM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., }/ ^1 _0 K- W, 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?& [1 [6 Z5 T8 U; u% X
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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。8 ~" D% g( G( F! x+ q
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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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1 b. J- y. }, e* _, y8 H. x9 q) [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?* b6 r, G0 I( T+ A

6 i7 {0 u; p- J7 dM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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, V# Y5 h7 L5 p& f4 \7 ~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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9 ~! m, r) e. r! RM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) ~! n" g( S5 h1 c! A
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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?0 R' l6 _" a, l- k0 ^8 Z
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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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6 u+ Q0 K# l* [+ h4 pL: 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?. T: N( ]& b, m1 N( L8 l+ @  V
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: b/ I* s0 _0 o

) ~# N* f/ j% q5 z" s2 F; ]L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 R* ]- G- A8 f! O% S! C6 e# O

8 Y2 n* K& H; F6 x( K(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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. q2 l  r8 m) ]" s7 L, D8 lL: 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。8 Z& M* N1 i+ x, T0 `

  t9 |, y0 y3 y5 E  A% _  p# pM: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; Y& C3 r' F0 k: L
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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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9 z9 y+ b" I4 j2 y% W0 A  E/ uM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& e# a; `, C; ]& ]+ w
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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?
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9 E- f( S* X3 f# RM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.$ v8 R7 ^5 t% `
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L: 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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" |* g& f3 f+ s! XM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 j6 u; b* {4 V
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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。$ O# `! j+ E. l% z. a

( B! `: k9 Q5 Z! q% x3 G- PM: 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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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。4 d5 Y! W. G+ y# ^
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