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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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) W% y, P1 z1 m8 R5 U5 A. @5 oM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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4 Y0 V/ \+ G" f' B3 N/ H1 s3 DL: 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?) h) |  o. [: W" ]8 j

( V- K$ p' m8 z$ y' d- hM: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。
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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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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?# `: O/ m, n& c

8 A3 ?. T' R* Q! VM: 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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5 a( f: `; Z+ q& K5 zM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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" i- B8 [: ]2 ?1 I# P5 kL: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?7 \& c% A. x1 b1 j" L5 L" f
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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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! }; S0 o+ d& B; {0 u0 H, |5 C. Y$ t) GL: 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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5 B2 V0 ?: B  q' r1 S2 hM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 P/ L4 y7 k: e
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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- h( [/ V. v* Q4 _) o" P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 w1 a3 j  m# i6 W: w
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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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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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  T4 B* ~7 a" H1 DM: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?3 k, H' [6 b9 e/ Z" t% p* L. a( k
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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0 }# D9 O6 T  M! u# S  ^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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! m$ O/ g% \) |1 {$ Y6 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?) @  P8 o# ^' `+ e- c

8 Q; j6 W: m, p: Q6 {4 XM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.' {& G  ]; P' d! ^2 {

# H7 x0 ]6 M0 S( w5 t2 |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.; z$ {  |% ~7 T9 y5 z

& j3 K: \5 K# J( uM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?. m" [' D! L9 E! S  x7 K
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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。* @% J: G) G% A$ L
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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: d1 l4 _' ]$ S  T  EL: 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。* H, B6 y- C2 [- H( }% O7 K4 H9 J5 @4 T
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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。+ o/ ~! K0 S6 d! ^+ y
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