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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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1 v6 n8 ^/ c  kL: 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!+ m2 {# w7 M9 V4 w8 R8 J

  j* B: H5 k( ~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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& e1 M& w* I4 t+ U- A) f" LL: 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?6 U; i2 F7 J+ q
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.- _: `) y% s6 U2 F

7 F/ D4 I1 [8 ^0 E( K" q$ tL: 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., h3 l4 h- s1 ^$ A8 V  b. `% N5 h5 J

" O4 P' n, E- yL: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?' _& G/ y4 f+ ~) W8 F

: V  f3 U  y( b! Z- yM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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9 k  v$ V  ~; m$ g6 L( ~7 p3 q% m8 AL: 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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/ Z% {( Y" K: \! M  M( |. sM: 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?& N" o1 @- b. ]0 b
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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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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?9 h" H/ r; ?; K( {5 X* V0 v

6 [: M: K2 G, a; G. RM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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. q3 a2 C  [8 ?: s$ vL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 ^6 l( Q- g" U+ R4 g. ~9 O, n( x

$ N7 P& P, i6 R  C(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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.$ l3 m8 ~, i7 Y2 o6 y& A9 \

4 y- t! |+ E. X: K0 N# cL: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。$ {5 M: y7 }( ]9 N. j$ [; r

. @$ b. {& D# h" ?2 EM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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  O2 B- J3 d% \. lL: 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?/ j! q6 C' b9 j% v6 G
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.# o! @: j% ^3 o( K2 E
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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。, y1 ~2 @# h4 `/ l$ S+ C& c  f
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.9 ]& W5 y& h9 I
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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?% n# f7 u3 ?+ x( C6 F# I4 d

3 P" f: C' S, r5 i( T2 l$ zM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! q3 Z% T, T- Y4 n' O/ g

- c- w5 D! F" S/ r4 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.9 V$ Q+ F. \- o$ y6 F
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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$ v% Z+ z8 ?) G8 }7 [6 y7 m# l% \# FL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。* |* _" P5 f; {+ r
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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! l! g7 o; Z( Z0 U2 S9 @% M% uL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。/ g- |0 Z% f) i( l

0 V9 J; X% m" WM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.$ ~& }; _/ S% u! u( @7 a
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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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2 K! i! I; v' n4 j- h. I4 tMichael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。4 ?* L0 L+ t  W- P4 l. u$ ]2 q
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