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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。! ^. p0 r* A" j+ A6 [( X" D( z

: X: g4 f# I6 qL: 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!8 ~4 A7 x2 H1 z) ^

. p" {5 v; P% \- 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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  w; x; a: s" q* X$ UL: 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?: Q- u) ?5 u4 s
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M: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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" |( f8 P3 b  OM: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; n& L9 S' M+ a

1 _7 K1 `% Y. R+ n% v: VL: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?% {* V; O* [, @, I1 F0 n- I3 m3 I- ~
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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?& |' ^1 r$ j' i$ Q

+ T: ?* W: q/ T4 e# BM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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.+ `" v  y  y; e$ M( V! [
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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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/ G( h- b+ I+ w. |( ?2 ?M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!- y( K) F# R. }- l3 `

0 T' P6 s5 C( ^% q4 z* U( yL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!, ^2 N$ ~# G+ n

  P  Q/ ?' U" s6 {. J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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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0 E3 v' p2 _' SM: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.
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! B+ e( b- v( Z9 o; JL: 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。/ i4 \9 i) v  Z! H/ ~+ q. w
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ N& _. g+ J( n+ O+ f

. C2 F+ K( p6 d# sL: 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?" h7 r5 p7 d' Q& U* ^: e+ B4 a
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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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. x0 Y. f$ S( W/ C+ H" ?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.
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" J) B3 ^- [" F* E. YM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( w3 D: Q# g1 h: \9 k, q4 M
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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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!' i) H2 K$ r8 P& _  F$ D% O( Q! k

$ P; F0 z5 B5 c  }" S' ^L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ Y  |- I  {5 }+ \; m0 L7 Q

6 c: h8 g5 B3 w7 o+ ?7 JM: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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$ C; E$ D7 j2 s1 q: f2 jL: 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。8 ~* {, k5 J2 L) B) \* P& M$ I
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