埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 3263|回复: 0

流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

[复制链接]
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-6-8 22:29 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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。
- q0 v6 x9 ]$ f9 ^
9 d5 U0 h9 ^0 g$ g/ U# [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!
4 x: t/ r* B2 L" u# b6 _1 j! P- U
2 J. a+ j! y0 _" w! D; FM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
, P& U  Y$ c! b7 Q/ X6 N: c" Y+ W& H+ E  o9 h$ E
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?
# @& o1 v& Q! s0 F
( F! g8 ?( }* Z" AM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
8 ^3 r" Z# K* a3 y0 ^1 S/ l8 Z7 H% g6 U2 t
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。
8 _: D/ J6 X1 H9 B0 W5 I$ }3 m6 I/ K' b0 Y. y; O9 N
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.* j) X# b* `& a

) I9 R- M5 w( v! U3 lL: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?3 t8 f8 k6 x6 d2 ~( a; }

0 G+ T0 p6 W1 QM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
5 {  Z) B8 \1 e/ K/ E) H  S  Z/ M1 y. E: `5 A
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?
. d' c/ K  w% v& G' C, u. H8 ?8 a  C1 s9 i- a9 T2 g8 `) r
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
0 K3 ~: J( T0 Q) O) j1 q- r+ L2 b- F$ r
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?* u) v9 n8 b5 @( H# c" Z

+ [$ c- z0 {: Z( }8 {7 lM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.
& G% t; [2 O- r" R: b1 b5 h" n$ u3 l/ D( z7 S+ q
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?. q" Q5 y0 V4 S: T& t

! z" E  O7 l. LM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
' c# o$ b; X) l$ c8 r
# `, d" y' U# VL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
0 L6 ~5 q+ W4 |( R1 q, G# n! w* V) ]. t: J. q
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
; Q6 z; A1 B9 [/ I
# h0 e: c! i1 ?; @6 ]+ tL: 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。
3 Q& w$ e4 e& e( y1 H' E/ n
. j4 k/ n; `" d: a9 s; FM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.+ G, U/ i* O0 d! |5 l! K

1 ^6 h% v6 Z' \6 K7 BL: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。, g  d) a2 o/ }9 o
9 L" Z- d0 T1 ~: F: i
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
. \! B$ ~, u6 s. P6 }+ R
# G- R, ~5 G. |2 o# K/ ^# _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?
( U& N$ n0 c# U% w  F' {6 c0 K+ c9 W& E
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- ?3 [* ?+ d1 z: q* i
  E' n( _0 |* R: k# g) j
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。5 {2 Z! j  e& r* U6 S( P

$ z0 V( I1 r7 }7 x* G% Z( d- oM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
# P5 E. b% y& ~( j* ^- j. }# v1 v0 n
8 ^! B; v; b+ E+ F* AL: 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?
7 F2 a' _7 _8 Y% r+ ^& U5 j" y* D' {1 Q8 V( \
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.% q# M7 y1 L8 `

8 A, e+ D& G2 B& m- g$ n) iL: 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.
2 ]2 I; z+ [6 d- X5 @- A. h% c7 t5 j  F& T
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ _$ ?4 w/ e# U4 H
6 Q& e( U* l) ^
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。* l4 E  W9 e$ O

% ~/ r( [8 ]9 tM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
! n. F: g5 d9 }2 L' n# H
/ I1 P; j; m9 sL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
6 c  i0 h6 ~) ]) C& C: C
3 O) _) `( a8 \M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.8 ]9 g* y/ J+ c4 M/ A, d
1 g. P7 V8 ?- R9 i
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# Q5 }7 G. ]9 l4 C6 h

& F; h5 H/ v( ZMichael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。
6 a2 D' }% y" u1 }以下为音频:
& L" G' [. ]' G1 h+ C2 ?


您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2025-12-4 12:42 , Processed in 0.114540 second(s), 9 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表