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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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0 I$ G9 Z& j/ B! b6 W, ]+ @+ V; D! |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!( z8 o# |$ D' i3 x9 k5 ?0 \

% P- ~+ a& D  Q* z% wM: 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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( f" T( C0 d8 I4 d3 m

. F- p, U" |1 ^) cL: 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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* ~# h4 C3 R) O  H2 \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.$ W+ a+ z1 K5 r( F

2 L1 M3 j- p/ Q9 H4 KL: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?) `+ X& B& r! f; T+ o

9 P4 M7 w' z" oM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?* d1 Z) y* T% D8 ^
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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?) V0 [# H; b* S3 ?7 d
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., y) s: O5 c5 n8 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?
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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?
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4 C4 c8 v, \( d' f1 ^8 {2 TM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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% I7 L4 p: H0 A( V) k% P+ fL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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% d, T! f5 A* P: q! t. m: W, N* j(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* ]  c! X4 w: l6 D. h$ X- }, E
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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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; e" l1 ?% [2 l6 f; qM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.) M- p0 B* ]: O6 n/ F% w

, o5 S8 @9 [0 @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." }: O& q# L# w: `. l( s' Q0 \8 i% x/ z
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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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3 J* C8 r% I1 Q" l- {8 r$ M# s9 AM: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.
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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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7 U$ E2 P  X* K3 e  QM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.3 x/ P1 y$ W' E; @, {

: c+ s  s8 m& v  X2 X2 v* [3 V! U1 UL: 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?- s& a' ^% k) h7 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。' K( s8 j; ]) L* k0 ~; U1 s4 d
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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。
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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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! X, f) T/ r- s/ qL: 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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' l- C& [7 ^: S/ O' ~" cMichael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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