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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
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 W! D% O* P  N$ E( S
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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!( P; r$ i' |0 G: U1 ^" L

, t  ]: a, C: M' }4 yM: 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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% H$ S8 [1 R& s4 f! V" U9 y. i+ 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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7 Z" F% l+ p1 Q3 y# |! N9 u+ [- x* gL: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?8 {2 s, r8 J3 f
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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?( K. n4 L$ X+ d+ L2 U
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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% I$ ?( t' E& mL: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?/ h" l. ^% R3 r/ ^/ k

3 R( h1 `, V! gM: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?+ g1 \+ d' p" h  r2 P

. J! H5 z4 b) @8 C+ a3 T8 y# GM: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)6 f" B% |, Y& ?+ g

' m# q/ V6 m+ @7 bL: 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。4 F6 n0 d7 J9 T0 |- c
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% }% x0 _2 a8 O1 u  ~/ l

' q- g" C+ S0 `- M- T9 ?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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' d+ s. T. F2 @2 JM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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) ]* g% C# n6 }2 GL: 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  {) e1 j  j( S( t% B

  V( U% ^0 S1 D* n; tM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.  c2 l) v+ P( R0 A) G$ ?1 o
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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。; |' N4 C4 l) e3 `! Z* F( t8 U
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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. b( r$ S& L
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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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# z3 f% K5 t) a+ ?0 hL: 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.6 f' z! s% @* K% {
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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# R5 y/ ?9 X2 cL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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) P$ z0 m: C- w& J; Y' H! k4 ZM: 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。
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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.
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0 X, v4 V, _. U' B# QL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。3 m+ F3 s/ e3 N/ A* X

3 W5 v( T8 e7 e3 G  p% r) E* O' Z% h# |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。6 q7 y9 ^$ G# x  g- h- Y
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