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流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

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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。* G$ l9 G( _0 k: I' R4 w

* V! W5 Q7 G9 S3 k$ r. U0 UL: 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." |9 {$ ]9 y  V' d# D. h

( L: b8 f! h5 \& p/ W9 M& J4 Y2 kL: 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?2 Q& x6 X" v' E; Y. X0 n

- b: \9 G5 Y6 Q, k: y* `5 PM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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.; [4 P6 q3 Y/ N6 _
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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?% r$ y. z/ A& h( [; p
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 A: W/ V7 A( e( _4 W
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L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?3 f& Z  P/ F0 p9 Z. l0 o4 N
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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?1 Y  F) g( A. _! L7 c- v! G

* J6 e" ^  i9 I8 k& P2 ~! D7 M9 O7 sM: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?, m5 t, |" {/ j0 y7 u7 i1 E
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!& N5 H+ R6 j7 q, g6 z
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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, I5 b& ~3 z" W* I( r(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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) g% H0 r+ O3 ^7 A8 F+ q7 M% ]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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! }" R3 B) s' H4 Z9 SM: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。% T* x1 I8 b6 D7 h. V& J9 F8 U

) v! R7 k3 M6 a1 n  ]M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money./ U; w# R9 i" h2 Q  r: {7 q

5 y/ B: Z# I! k. A, rL: 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.
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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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) H: _" Y3 ^$ i# n

4 k8 r: W& x3 x. }1 A: T3 EL: 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?9 o% y$ z9 _+ x" ^6 i* d; m
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 u- p/ D  L( p* ]" ~7 K
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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.4 g! j$ y4 j: n9 h: F. d

( V3 B2 g! ~3 ?7 Q& p1 DM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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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% _  S& ~% {- @% ^& o7 SL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。& I: {  N4 e2 C5 O
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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。
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6 u2 i8 k! ]: d/ `+ _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。/ k! w  i' x( l2 z, V5 l% g, k. d/ V
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