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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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2 I* V# C, a$ F5 Z6 WL: 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!1 D' P. |1 R) W- F- s6 W! j

- R3 \8 n2 M' M* `% v1 X' KM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., ]2 ~0 j! \" d, G7 o
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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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! I! x: A2 t7 `7 QM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 ~! K9 P( x5 J
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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。. J; D& x) D& R$ d# v. f# D
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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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# \# A; \- B6 D) ]( n/ V) [. u4 aL: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?! ^) s$ u" ^8 p! y' J. i; V8 P

+ a# b: n7 w3 ]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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) c( ]/ o- ?3 P9 Y4 jM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ d. N3 I$ A. x$ Y+ @0 i7 k% H

: f, O8 ?; s" f( [% UL: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.0 u- n) R$ n) n

* O) V, c: u) b0 }7 \( dL: 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?- l- R2 v) t) h* i. L
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# Y& n7 x; K& S+ q1 W3 m7 Y
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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7 v, p. I  \9 `" P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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8 v8 z. Q- b" TL: 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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M: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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6 F- }, O7 F0 Y( `) d# |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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) D* d4 S1 e) b" h* X

# s6 Z  l$ k5 X$ v5 Y1 B9 V* KL: 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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# v) ~7 q7 @+ \5 s/ y& \" ZM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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3 |% }2 K2 l6 |" e6 j  vL: 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?1 O$ ?' i8 B: [( I6 }" q
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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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4 C) O8 w; N# U) DL: 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?( X% n" P5 _2 h4 V8 D( N: }( A% S

  y% ^% C, k8 `0 e8 s: qL: 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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: L8 ?; W: a$ HL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ O) ^% g" L; }# G+ G

$ w2 b# d! y( A1 l2 W0 n" s. {M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.# m7 J- i! b+ m/ R7 D7 F

2 F2 m; [! U2 J! F- c* T* q$ VL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。! G  ~( Q- i4 A

5 v" E1 H7 {" w( hMichael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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