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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。5 R& S" W: z/ d! U0 ^0 u
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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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/ |9 G* l9 D8 O' aM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.' @1 \% T/ [% ~2 i

) I) |' f5 z; J2 F" _: ~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?* p) h3 h. m& S- `4 r6 a% C' v
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.: s, h. P" \' r( P& j6 T
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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。1 t: ^% c9 g* Z; Q' B

0 N; D" l2 w0 D+ V) G. n; k; N, HM: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.+ k1 z1 r1 Z: w
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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?
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0 Y" W" O3 P2 ^4 T; wL: 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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6 b% R, w7 b  p3 w& B- f3 g3 p5 p) h8 xM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.. l9 K/ x$ Y0 K1 v" [/ |4 G; a& f

3 `7 P5 Q& R: _) [- ]8 V& I$ gL: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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: w! S/ H4 C% i: O  F5 D+ yM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.  {: C% t, y2 Z4 q5 t
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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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  W1 q; e8 e  B# B0 ?1 }- eM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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: k1 d/ H, k) p: |. PL: 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。. d+ V4 i$ s" D
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.8 p) m  I* }3 S7 n

* R/ A9 L2 e6 D% Z/ M3 DL: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.
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& ?0 `! f3 Y4 Z# D+ k. kL: 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?. v( l6 x2 T& \. a
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M: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。, n' y. |$ H  p6 q: d' g
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* t) F) r2 J8 WL: 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?/ k9 h, H8 w- X0 h, X6 L% Z. `2 p
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! [, u/ u, J" u& K  H
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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.& p- w. ?% z8 Z* O1 F2 j- j
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?) N# O. C) [# {  ^/ T' R

0 s7 j5 D/ J' f, u$ GL: 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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- U3 r5 N4 E8 t7 A/ f2 {% NL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。  x  N# i, y- v: E$ [

& O) K7 ~* w* O0 e- \& H  \( XM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.6 _, {) r* t! X" A+ v+ @4 T! D$ b
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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。$ d# e8 `% h+ R' l8 r3 H. Y
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