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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。
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9 l7 r& o7 C# j5 r4 cL: 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., {% s( m. O  I9 q7 p

9 ]  Y$ W. X# `9 L- W+ SL: 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.5 U. A6 o3 C& w

, y& q( B# y% w2 M; }* t% k8 ]/ H3 ZL: 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。! _; d3 B3 |/ U1 P& u! F9 R
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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.' n, o+ ]" X' l# t5 b3 ^" |' k& u

7 r* L2 q% k$ oL: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?! v  ]' a1 j- t' f7 b% P6 H( |
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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7 q! a3 P! x7 P6 |+ t& s: dL: 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./ }( z% E2 ~6 l. }. X8 T. W6 O

/ F) y/ I5 p8 p6 FL: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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: C) e) p+ j; Y3 y) [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?. V, T" Y( M1 Q; \% K5 b) Q: {4 x
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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!4 Z& y, e3 o9 _* m; L+ x5 D1 p: A

; x" ~  S# {$ S0 @(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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。: L( k( J) w9 B
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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$ ~) b. g  H+ @) oL: 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?9 V1 X$ X: k" N

6 ]& U4 u* H( F6 H* k; X' A2 \M: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。
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. U4 s1 d5 }3 h% W+ ~  QM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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+ ], Z4 n0 U% g7 PL: 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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- ~3 ~/ [$ ~* P3 {M: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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, h6 O+ |5 a* WM: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。$ K" {9 G1 i$ q" H  I2 z3 d0 Z  s

( I& N, \0 U  M3 {( fM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# f/ s1 b# N9 w9 q' Q
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。# ^/ ?' N: n  ]$ o3 L* r3 f' ~1 {

( h/ W3 D# _+ V1 H" OM: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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。- i1 G  d$ }1 a) O0 \; u6 _7 A. 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。4 S1 N9 _- a" P' X- t( u
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