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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。
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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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; C& w7 G, t, _1 q  Q( D: _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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, s& b5 z5 S! S2 Z" {4 qM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* p" X3 s" ~! Y( ~( C* C

) d( m4 F' l; `4 dL: 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。1 }2 T' P! ?4 F" M
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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.- W" r6 C% n1 w' p

- l$ K- D4 @0 {& u  R+ hL: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?$ }& u4 i$ Z7 R% d/ d

% ^( [& X. l" S$ e" _( yM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?/ s% ^4 g  V. M1 E! b$ ?! ]. e
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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?
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! g1 _4 n, Z0 T+ F  Z# ^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?
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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.  p- ], T9 M( W) g0 \. U4 J  V3 u

% m- h4 C7 k5 |2 U5 ?# ?6 @( WL: 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?% J' Q+ G/ R5 N

. D8 O8 |( G/ \! ^M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!' m: L. R7 T5 n  m3 E4 \

% b8 ^& s9 m4 `) }: ~% oL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!1 Y5 V- n$ H; C; o2 D# J2 k
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* ]5 Y5 i3 x) ?
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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。0 `) ^% N  z3 S, u1 C7 P4 f/ K1 L

  I) G3 [- s  j( `8 \. `: ~M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.' `5 A: m9 c) n3 |, q. ^
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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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# y+ `& Z' O8 G. c: J) M2 w" TM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.3 U5 }; X7 _4 K% ?/ q  j: p

1 R/ c+ P% v7 k0 Y; }- z* gL: 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?% D, ?5 V1 L$ x3 J7 t( G3 p

' i, E/ L! [: ~$ cM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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1 h* a' u4 ~; \5 u8 FL: 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。/ j( [& w) h+ e" L# s, H! W

3 T3 X" _# r& h' hM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! r' j! C5 A. [* y& q
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L: 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?( |6 E4 U7 g6 i! [5 {! j" A: Z0 P

/ o4 f+ Z3 Z8 nM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.% @! W9 `' r0 y

! v3 y' A9 P5 D2 _. }, ~! {$ tL: 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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7 T4 @  V- h5 i/ [" j! C! q: ?M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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, H+ p! Q& M/ Y$ V; ~L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。/ C. M' m* N/ A3 e# p' I
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!$ z! E  u0 w* c" w% N

) m" S( }( c5 lL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ i( l" `# N3 z3 B, a$ Q( \

  f4 u3 b" [6 v2 w, VM: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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( v. E9 @, B5 C0 yL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。+ L$ W8 F0 `- E, D& A

! x5 \3 f" P+ ]- N% MMichael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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