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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。. j) l3 H1 L) 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!1 Y( b3 d" ?/ H1 }1 |# v

; E; W+ U! |4 C- r1 HM: 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?+ w3 u. ~/ v: `- G' \
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.! x0 n% S. o: Z$ L
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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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9 K% d1 m' j" T5 |; r. X7 x- kL: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?+ |& ?" g' h4 S7 N  u& b' b0 ?9 Q

- q/ y4 [2 ]5 A% QL: 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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M: 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.
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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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  o9 [8 |/ q" C0 D: q# kM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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! ]3 I' b: ~8 j/ ^; K# ~* _/ nL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!  K. I6 J* d! c

* w3 D4 }* [5 x; G, ~(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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# k) S6 Y. j* c' }0 JM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.: @, U& }' j7 f2 `. Y/ J

, ~0 T8 G8 |( B4 \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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6 k- {5 S1 f1 B6 DM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.& P  s8 M# d4 ]

; I+ b: B) A5 L: T; i0 kL: 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?+ N( D: Z5 M6 k

$ |. q& |0 d1 o) r  n" TM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 d' X9 Q; [  V7 {9 Y% y2 D
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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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! x  M2 m% Y: J. C% [( W' x+ K! }% F1 xM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.2 l: }' Q' b- y

% ^6 q3 u. k* f0 HL: 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?+ S- ^) U& z' m& ~& y5 ~

' |1 c9 b: L, m3 Z% A- SM: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?0 ^, m1 M6 k7 |- C: A6 F, q* Y) ^) u

) s. X8 N* f+ r4 g0 ?( k* ?/ fL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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! b" _4 ~: q8 j; \; F2 CM: 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。! [* w/ x+ e) U0 h! {  F

1 e% |- z& ~; G# r  b- h/ P7 e  ?M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.6 I6 m, y6 R" h  m" ^
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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。5 j, V2 W6 e- W) V" z
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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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