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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。- {( J9 \& p/ Z$ H
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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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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?4 b* ?! n2 q1 ~3 O/ |& ?) [, `. o
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.2 N" {2 j8 |1 ^5 Y
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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。" W, ]* |' O& P$ Z
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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.
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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?" a7 f# c# e% q

: V2 w) b; c3 C6 UM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?7 H7 [2 Y5 p) E& f9 Z
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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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* L7 m# o- X5 k# a$ bM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.# |& N3 e/ s% m, a* ^3 k$ g
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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?: y8 B5 _. f- _( @% O0 P

7 a' W7 r2 o  _, u% TM: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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- D9 h7 b5 n+ B. f2 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?
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$ x7 a8 e$ F# \: ^. NM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!$ v5 ~+ B0 W5 S0 K3 F& i1 o
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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0 y. @; _. s# U7 T# B( `(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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/ g' j% K% G# L. k, c* C+ D6 oL: 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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' P! L7 L4 {: C; v! LM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.7 s" r/ w2 X$ O: ^
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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。8 M" c7 s$ [+ _8 @7 c
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., X' m  t- @5 s) d* ]# m6 u
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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?! C" v6 U; W* p2 i# z  b

" F7 w; b( w8 K: KM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.& c: S( A' M9 Q

5 @) e6 }+ t" ~3 @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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- w/ d0 |% x3 h# P( N$ o7 K1 IM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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! r3 b9 f4 u7 ^* v! _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?
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0 N- {# v! K+ kM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.+ g3 H% B) x  R) \' k! m, J
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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.( T# x# t+ B' z+ B
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M: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。  J' N& j5 |" }: j6 a
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!3 P8 v1 P' [6 d0 e9 A

" Y4 F/ I4 h% ]: [  E- u( _L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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) k. X, ]8 R7 R$ }9 k- |2 G! NM: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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0 l/ f9 @' q) R6 F# z# ^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。
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