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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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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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! A, I3 A+ u/ kM: 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?* p* {& k4 d+ l

$ }* q4 C6 M* I# nM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; O, z% p6 j+ y5 Z

7 C. ^, ]) G% ]( x, s3 GL: 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.% ?7 d2 [- I/ ^4 n( u+ ^9 K

; }3 N  W) b. a% H( ~) tL: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?: A7 u, V5 j0 m+ q! P: v" [
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ Q1 c' s" ]; g9 A, {

# v  V2 B: x" k' E# D* DL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; i6 ~3 b  T+ S* k

5 Q; h3 V% r4 \M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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6 j. R0 i4 c" X! sL: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?  N# G7 u8 m% x3 G/ o
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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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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?$ v7 n4 i8 o' {' W$ d) I1 |

* M) R; ?3 U: 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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% K9 e6 e! K! V5 `" J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)  a% ^' Q; ?; o% y% z+ v
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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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# L) s2 g+ k2 F0 {) eM: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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0 b. ]  Q" ~# S) q9 E5 CM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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  x' B1 Y- l3 _, I: |6 d8 mL: 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?, |$ h& t$ l) y0 w: O
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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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, Z' `: q& l! A8 p$ t2 H9 j& p  XM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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( P- o3 n$ N2 r3 VL: 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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; T# N& |% |% V; `2 _/ f  ^9 a7 LM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.; w" V$ i+ ?+ c* d' C
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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. k# x  m* z. \( M# vM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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+ b0 v- R) s1 J% Q7 b6 xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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7 a4 M" v+ Z4 M+ gM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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2 s$ P' y" Y( u4 A) zL: 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./ Z6 E. z; B6 E" u
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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。$ \9 W& \: n/ W4 U
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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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