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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。! b4 @( d$ l! X7 H* f. ^* p
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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., ]1 X/ T/ k. `; H' k- J
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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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: Y- W$ h: r  h+ D$ |- K% E9 AM: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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: x; L. E1 Y7 C2 t5 }( ?0 XM: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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ J- ^( o+ \. J: y) D! k
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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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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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$ M2 `0 _: [' _7 [8 o# ^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.1 |: Y8 D' M2 _$ O/ d* p, y

4 e: ]' Q& W2 Y- A( B; E; sL: 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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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, I9 C' _% t5 p  t# k! NL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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. ^5 n9 A2 J( L2 F( \7 Q(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。* s4 _( V% f1 P6 g( T

1 N: M" I: U+ r; j/ g5 n$ J" m2 m( MM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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, Q) N& R0 ], ~3 u% ]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。' J7 N3 b$ U& F3 j, \7 q9 R
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.$ g' @1 x5 T) P9 w) X
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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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  V, c: m2 t, f2 W# K" @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。0 T0 Z( O+ x% O, h
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.. w' Y' c# q) T) T* W( L7 l

7 g+ B3 L6 Q7 CL: 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?3 _; X' Q% e+ n, G- c. p

. m' F  R  n9 NM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?) s( a. l7 G5 Y  p+ X; q5 _
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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!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。2 e7 ]! h- w5 V1 W$ W9 U

/ F% r& t6 ^7 F) |4 dM: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。8 U- L2 J7 G) J  t( 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。: w* i. x$ l9 X
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