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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。+ {; J" K3 N, H8 s( G  W, k

% s7 H5 n3 }- F2 x0 h0 RL: 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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8 c+ G9 _( K+ i. H3 xM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( [# c; O* }" F
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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?
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3 G" c( K) H8 PM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.2 J$ p* P9 x, d) k4 d  z

/ i# J+ K$ G* O' w6 j; j% u( }4 [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。2 G' F2 J: p& V

, x- ]' Z0 M1 o  w; i1 _* XM: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.
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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?/ W" ~4 {5 m: V& _2 h* o3 m& M
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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4 w0 \& r8 A  {% ^% s, ]; k+ uL: 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.( i4 ^6 R* y' F; a- E
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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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$ b; t% U+ n+ N' V/ I9 ^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?; g1 K; E& f) G0 q% M

- d4 s' d4 R' ~- SM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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4 f) G' u' s. l0 ~L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' Q5 o/ {8 {' `# m6 V( k# R

+ Z2 s  Y* a4 H(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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2 ?5 I3 K. j/ Z0 c9 bM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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  j: N5 w! [7 b9 a8 y+ gL: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 o' h% o1 g+ s+ C0 K; w  c, WM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; P$ i  s( f$ T$ I

6 A6 c* H% q! H. 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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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) k; U3 |6 O/ @  c- e3 qL: 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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4 v6 g; r* W0 x0 W" j7 dM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 U/ c2 s3 w" E2 j1 v, x4 o

7 `( |% `+ A6 q* W, g5 `. KL: 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?% L2 P5 n0 P! d! h; U/ a- ?6 {" [

( b* h5 h9 h+ c0 ?" i  m2 YL: 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!4 d  E; m6 X0 K7 B

9 J7 g: d) P1 t+ `+ v; d  ~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.
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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。' w6 i7 Y' A7 d' ]

( E' [4 k' m& m/ @1 k* x, I0 bMichael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。% u4 f% z: F) }
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