埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 4765|回复: 0

流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

[复制链接]
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-6-8 22:29 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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。( Y" O8 p0 y' J! {- R% Z

2 ^( v( f0 P" g& D, nL: 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!
9 J( B% a  a$ x+ ~/ d
% `- d( o) B& j& `M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.: }3 H' q  x- ]2 _

1 U% }; W$ W5 F; ^9 sL: 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?: V' ^; A# Z9 C9 x$ `" |- }
3 j8 c8 r, y& Z# w
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
( s- O: i/ o1 Y' ~6 f+ w
( ~) S/ h" M, p7 Q3 bL: 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。
9 g. m6 v4 I$ f) P6 C& P/ ~
% d2 T; f; T  y" B/ t: BM: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.
# ^( O' E  }1 e0 r! h* `, L, v( Z. {/ \* Z) ^1 M
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?
$ T6 H4 i* ^  G- }% q; W! e/ _3 Z' F6 s+ p7 m
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
2 ~) M3 z' v+ F3 u8 G0 k! `& K+ a  M: p" I6 F/ p
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?  o5 e# O$ `1 W5 C8 |
7 k/ T& `# z9 \/ `1 T2 e
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
4 h8 [( n& n) q8 j2 W( l
. z0 N% X" b7 b. o% a* |) J+ NL: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 C9 X7 r. I! p$ w& T, n
; M# o5 g8 d9 v  }8 L1 R
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.: K6 @6 B3 u, N0 s
! H2 \* k$ _, A/ W
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?( u. Y, E$ i. S& b' y

8 w9 @, h4 g, }# E& JM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 [, S5 p) Z6 l+ d. w5 s
7 B- t6 ^6 u0 q0 N
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!& g* r3 ^" W$ k6 \
  p, y% `5 X. ?! n# A6 Q% K2 u& d
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
! x8 D4 D7 F" E1 J9 ^0 N+ S% A: L
! n- K2 l3 _" ]  \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。
- E" \+ H, u0 d" ?- z
5 D1 c7 ]: w/ U9 q: ?) mM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( j( s3 x" O$ [- ]
: _; W* O1 e; g* X$ Z6 A
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。
4 ?. b0 Q1 q& M6 x  H
6 M9 J2 f2 z0 jM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.- E5 s1 T+ T0 k3 Q5 ^1 N

) I8 G. o% C$ P! Y  [) WL: 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?9 S: @& c' ?' t6 }3 d

" e4 Q+ o( u9 d. l- G, ]M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
: @" E0 Y& @1 W  a2 F5 H
# ^3 ?) Q( f5 s2 ?5 w3 z; x- t1 S$ A' V6 OL: 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。( V, Z: d8 H% u8 ^  g' ~" Y

3 M% L- [% C4 ?, ]M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
# t+ m) `% e8 {: M- h
8 B, M) R8 _2 j2 ML: 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?
( a# g: P1 s( j3 \0 X1 N9 f
% u, S! O: z9 S6 G" dM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
: C) x3 V; @) g6 I& s& C
8 \6 s( M  Q: Z3 ]& [: F4 D0 D; _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.
- H5 }7 `" _/ K6 x$ g3 [& j+ b- k8 b! `6 w, C- K- H
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
/ @' Q9 }+ _, |, q$ B4 I
0 n! ~% X5 H; F; i3 R) m& P) j' HL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
6 m1 @; @- M8 ?4 g1 Y* K# M1 I( j/ o
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
) {& W" d/ m& s- B9 ~1 k% Q, a) w- h# J
0 L4 u1 e! b9 Q9 e) [L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
4 \& ~5 B& \4 n9 }4 k9 j3 K, P& @. ~1 u2 s7 V3 P$ T
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
( r4 M. Q! ?8 v& q/ e
- h$ Q& g5 T% o, f  {L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。
& R5 U3 g' ^- C7 U" l2 p/ L2 a) k8 m9 d* A8 W1 b2 A
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。
, {2 A. G* F0 y/ g! v; l% |以下为音频:
  w6 l7 r4 N- o# C


您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-6-6 20:21 , Processed in 0.132022 second(s), 9 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表