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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。9 c8 [( ]7 S- L

+ j" Q& ^" M$ P* `9 `6 f/ CL: 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.
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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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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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3 _( r: o, Y2 t  J' E; `+ _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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2 v& ~2 M5 ~0 t# ?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?! G' q3 D* E- Y; e

2 K+ p7 M& Y2 B7 O$ UM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?; }/ c$ I" s. }2 L6 o* U
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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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# n- G! u* K. g# pM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.  p8 q- J3 p/ A) W0 W; V5 e  {( H
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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.9 p) ?! ~# V. L( s
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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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. a  ^) K5 ~: g8 J# [) q8 [/ ~
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(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。5 G0 r+ _: U8 n. r# b% K; P% W
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.$ t9 I$ E0 M6 R9 v& [

' l2 z) C/ ^2 N5 X. V7 mL: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。9 @7 H* d+ ]4 l2 l! G5 i
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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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0 T8 p0 M: k, GM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 k' \: E, @" P
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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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% o. m$ r- X: o7 OL: 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?
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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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6 i% w  K. |) l- _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.% \1 C: ]: I8 n! z0 @
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again." J# V/ l! W9 \+ v* Z1 E3 N1 Q+ B

  M- b' y# ~  W" k1 C  CL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。: H+ l; p8 u5 V$ s
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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。
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