埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 4516|回复: 0

流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

[复制链接]
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-6-8 22:29 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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。
0 h" v: ]2 q$ E; n2 l5 i
$ q! l3 c6 s3 ?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!/ @4 B. Y* {" l& B, e
5 z9 [! k; [- r# A
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
7 X8 M. ^, e' l* Q% Y0 J4 O! R8 Q# N
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?
% B6 O0 i5 Q6 K6 {, _# B6 Y
1 E3 T/ h  y2 b7 u+ C8 `M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.5 ^3 ~! l/ _' S# K0 G0 j8 D
, q1 ]) D+ p0 }( L+ o' K! O* I/ [
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。; Z! C% Z  R( H8 H5 a% _) @

) g$ c/ {+ Y! Y3 P% H: PM: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.
: Q7 b; ]! L) f, T% ?( p0 o, p8 u) f
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?
+ N5 n: a1 x; o$ P- ]" \4 ?6 [+ E9 P) }& Y4 I/ L: \- o
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
0 P: j# S. m! A* R1 e
" ~7 f' o# k  T" ?7 }, h7 DL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?  q+ [; i: I* f1 ]

8 G3 I  k" |/ c1 c. HM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
7 @  P0 J3 [& l
0 W5 L- n9 g/ o: HL: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?
+ S/ s, q2 W, n1 z# k& l0 ~8 d1 W% D) L# h
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.
4 u2 }( f5 Y+ T  r
3 n( ^4 X7 l+ Q# [. i8 {( PL: 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?( I0 \( C" n, H% b7 w( y

* r) l8 M  q7 NM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, j  g/ X4 N) l
$ B& P8 o, R0 s5 |, R: @
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' l  K. J3 Y& P" O

/ j8 s+ E- r' b9 X(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
. ?  k8 K: J* J1 z4 Z9 x! P% ~. d0 B9 a! X3 ?; g
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。
7 R9 t# G  T% d, V6 `
5 ^6 p6 y/ h6 [' ]; e$ g: JM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.& p- ]6 Q" P2 l- D% ]2 i/ p* d
6 e7 X# p+ \4 f8 K
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。2 G# G! \! O8 E! l+ V- Q: j, `

4 X& ~+ M- N3 x" b9 lM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; f$ _4 ^7 q3 w2 b& j
5 c3 C/ ]% `! _6 q
L: 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?
# M  g2 v8 r- C' Q% ^6 _: G& ~0 u5 G9 E
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
7 F1 r: x+ G, r. j
3 ~6 L$ I( ?" b+ Q% e0 R1 y: wL: 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。
7 |1 x# M+ b! B: X8 U2 P. U0 ^. _/ ?
3 ?" L1 U$ j! F7 FM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.5 Q: h9 H/ j/ p5 L7 D

4 ^# a. `7 m, v) n* J, j! dL: 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?) m, e% L' U8 b# g6 x

1 }% l; A: x9 g3 [, [M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 h9 o8 C0 E2 A! @, _

4 A7 O. D9 I1 a! rL: 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.* Q! a! |. i$ O* A: r& Y
: S0 ]* y+ O. P7 D- `3 J% ?
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
4 C3 j/ n" Q2 [( }5 @) s7 L5 h) _" y  d* q
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
( ~0 e0 s" o8 `4 H8 z
2 ~! T3 N+ X# l) D1 v1 {1 HM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
1 P6 Q1 M; Y# d# `1 q) N; L- \% {& X
9 i3 S- P* R  P2 tL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
; ~$ J5 T; H& T1 r0 J) n* E9 V5 z1 K/ m) h2 L
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
3 ^1 r6 O/ P, K( F
# v7 [7 E+ l' t' v8 [L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。' ^: P# ^) P( Q8 B$ o5 o5 o

  i9 E% ]0 A: R8 h% CMichael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。
! S* K8 l7 S% R9 ~) o4 i6 t以下为音频:
' ^  }% \( P, P; |8 ?2 n; S


您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-5-2 22:24 , Processed in 0.144305 second(s), 10 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表