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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。
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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!2 Q4 ]8 R( N& y! P  `
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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.; R# S9 i# E; U/ l1 n2 P

8 S% u3 |$ U; |& @6 J, c+ tL: 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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! h0 S) `6 P, @: X0 x; Z  l7 oM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.$ u1 l* A) I) \* D$ N: x3 B

  O" [: b* F4 S4 c. K6 yL: 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.- E% ~9 F, Q) b! r6 t# u* M

9 e# r8 G, q* }" P) 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% K+ a% h/ y' c! T
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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  v9 x% l, g- [; H* `4 ML: 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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6 m9 o1 s0 W/ h- q1 x  m- NM: 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?- r; l# S$ {- O% T3 T" p4 M

9 ^6 g* O" u- ]- m% F# G" A$ S) kM: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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5 t% }& z; \, c( Z5 x9 b7 xL: 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?# i& A, u# R# K. ^0 B
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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!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)7 B. b3 s1 ]& j! [- b4 L
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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。+ l! p4 }1 Q" }- m9 v

' ~& N0 M& A5 c# s$ R, t. lM: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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.# X9 J8 ]3 N3 r- r# f" H

! W( Z5 f% y  O5 [: {9 S5 M! t8 jL: 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.% _; H# y8 x9 a# x/ R& J+ O" X

; X6 s6 l5 A$ L$ p& Y- gL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.+ `4 r) g3 w9 p0 Z$ a% ]

; [- C  g$ [# HL: 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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8 U- |3 y0 v5 C4 b6 J2 JM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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3 L0 M/ C, i; p! S9 OL: 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.9 l# E1 o$ S! M& x9 D$ e$ q$ ^

/ Z- S# Z: ]; S7 D0 y8 ^' H* h" L) ^M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# k- p0 I5 I7 a6 f* v- n
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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。
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M: 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.( m( Z7 ?; [% a
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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。' f+ J9 z8 W, S. O( Y0 ?6 x

( u$ U3 v. \1 FMichael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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