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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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+ W6 d, \% e( Y3 A, I7 B+ `: P" lM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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) s5 I/ p  ?# Z6 w  W+ U( 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.% N, [- Z0 Z: {9 J0 d' M- j# |" G

: p$ S( Y  c) wL: 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。6 O# c2 X& P: d  l* `
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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.$ Q* A0 D& s0 T: u: B3 h$ ?
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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?! g0 ?% Z. O/ {5 F6 O. S* N
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?; V0 |& [. T* p; A/ ^
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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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, j; I" Q8 t6 Y! [/ x9 ]5 j) cM: 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?6 r( F" q- a+ P) u0 w% C

- L( y* L* _4 k% y. ?. oM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.' H, Y6 Q. m: Y* b  ]
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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?" ]# O8 Z; ]) {
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. b% D9 u2 V6 Y; U: ~% Z4 U) r6 M
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ T: p' @# f9 ]& U2 s
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 q' A' |: {; [/ K2 u  z
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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。" v$ M+ y' q6 |5 I
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.; x- T& t# J5 }9 ?

, t# |' e6 [: r4 L( s* N3 ?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。0 f9 g# y9 P; ~* Y9 u9 v  C6 [
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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7 o- p2 Q0 `( D" f' a5 _& OL: 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.' g- Q9 I  g# Y0 \, B/ U
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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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4 \9 n' m+ |0 B! P/ _4 D$ o4 yM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; l: i& A+ o# i7 X% d

( u. i$ Z, ]9 N& [) 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?8 C# A9 h# o3 t  r
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. {/ y: p* D, ]/ U7 y: C

0 a' e, C) u( vL: 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.$ {+ ~  F. T! y# h8 q  \

/ P( Z2 K1 @1 o- p. c* O& K& _M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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9 ]6 D1 ]9 O9 s  @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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1 }+ g# Z; D% gM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! W/ X7 k# |) |. s' O$ ?2 k6 L% b
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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4 D! `  s; Q7 w7 w% w* K3 zM: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。+ z  @1 E" Z! q' v6 A) r5 `

& D- o6 V: D# j8 uMichael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。2 R- B0 K, J1 \
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