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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。8 `+ B. J/ W5 L: Z% Y7 ?+ k
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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!
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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.
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) j! C! O; P  p& ~% d( T, l7 uL: 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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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.! d: s4 X6 b: e6 P; A
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L: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?' f* ^. Q5 C2 B: P2 G/ W
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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0 g7 n8 c# x. g( N: ~5 BL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?. _7 ?0 g- m/ R/ l
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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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. I7 Z9 g2 S' B% IL: 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?" O7 g; A7 v$ R  d3 l/ G

! J$ C$ n8 F' I1 n7 iM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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# \. s: b. u9 cL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)4 |0 W  X% ?* y2 O8 d4 N: @
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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。% v4 d) s. f) Y: ]+ l
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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。
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" O( B5 b# |  v" p& @% [4 dM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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* k/ I9 f5 t/ g% ~+ EL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.! p4 I5 t, c( X# V/ l3 U6 Y  }  C, }5 h
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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。# Y( P& V- |: D8 C; m# ~! c

+ u% n8 c- l. p6 x; H9 X. SM: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?
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1 e- V* Y$ ]0 `* o$ lM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.6 j' e6 S2 A5 a# B0 c

0 O5 S# q9 u  d* QL: 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?  M8 \3 h! j  G3 {  [0 a! u
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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。, W  g8 x) n% J$ Y
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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* C0 r, h9 e; L; OL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。6 A5 e! Q/ q) n" ^" W
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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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! O# m2 H& F2 h; P& D5 C8 J- n  W& YL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。
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) w  x; y) w$ f* v- TMichael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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