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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。2 ?5 \$ T6 D/ \
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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!' q7 m5 v/ O6 u) g  \: c. _$ v

( z/ f! d3 w, g  i: e* ]M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.6 i' {+ J- n! T. \' D4 H, n
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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.) N1 y+ P5 l7 n$ I, ^) Q
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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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7 T, J! p. K8 d7 x( C4 {3 t" NM: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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  D' V9 u8 f7 t7 c7 ^" s# ~% W" yL: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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! K) [) u4 ^8 {$ f2 sM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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; F+ L0 s8 K8 b. e8 pL: 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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- k' E1 f& M9 K  \, P/ r0 HM: 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?; x* B* M0 o0 p4 o- l
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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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& ~) `4 ^  i% l  ]! v, OL: 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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; @3 e* k* X. F" e6 rL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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2 Q4 H& N; K8 [4 _* ?# ~$ J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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8 O. d1 @2 A7 _& gL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.4 V4 P1 d$ k9 {. Y

/ W- z: H( n$ Z- N) u0 yL: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。/ o/ G: D: s5 C$ E4 \
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.8 _2 a! S/ U4 d; B( y$ G# ~
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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 x( w  ]3 q+ MM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。0 y$ Y2 q$ Y' {8 b
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?+ Q! h; j' o( w

8 v+ z. a; X1 L* t8 K0 \' F6 JM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.) _2 S" @6 f4 r& c  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.
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3 m( O; S, U! x% _& b8 hM: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。! h! X4 G6 P2 F, ?0 n- u6 Y5 ^1 \

9 D& ~( [( p7 z- X; _0 T# LM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!8 N. M/ e% l7 U9 Z) u
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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3 Q6 H1 e# q; TM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.; d8 O( m  G# W1 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。; d1 I* a' H8 Z. Q6 k* q
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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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