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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。, O* C# u+ H7 U- G& E( C+ F1 w
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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.
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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?& f7 L, l3 M& Y; Y8 o

- ]2 S, H* B& ?$ U$ X+ t. VM: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。0 E( U! K, w' R7 |
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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?6 T, W- H+ m* ?/ [4 k5 D

5 t/ V7 A; V9 L9 I# yM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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* ^2 T7 U8 M. G- E2 yL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?4 y: O2 O% r2 Z- F9 o" s7 O* _/ w
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) G! `9 J7 s! g2 n
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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.8 \& w8 }$ m7 o; o. Y7 ?

6 l9 y5 l( x  W. C( F. QL: 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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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)4 U- g2 @5 n& _. W# x
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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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: u8 T  W& v! ^M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.  n( K' U. M$ k* u' p% A1 k: N# g$ m
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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。0 }( {7 o6 y; Y8 @1 f
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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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, ~+ c0 B: G1 L* z4 ^) ~) [* OM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 i+ B, r7 w3 `+ i' O# n) ^5 H
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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。9 d$ L& b% M7 w+ V/ X+ x

* B8 _) Q/ i& N  y8 cM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too." Z2 t5 w, [# q$ }  s* G
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L: 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.: B3 }  d" Q8 n5 q) R
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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.) I3 {4 @1 S3 H3 W. |
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?6 R( K- k8 T6 g( J. x8 C6 a8 F* ~
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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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; m4 Q; `2 W2 o6 q; y0 GM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!+ P- }) a* |2 S5 k
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。8 ^! t3 \" |& Q) R
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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.. R/ D" ?- Z. D5 X  f" t

; C1 N' q: b" P. v/ lL: 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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# e; @/ S, W& y8 BMichael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。7 p( ]# X: X) d6 `$ M2 R" X
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