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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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3 O* \, K/ r: [; PL: 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!) [# F# _# O8 h' c/ Y1 t

: h' N" m! I8 eM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 l+ x7 Z. \6 I/ s% q# k& F. }$ Z

6 \- C2 k& x$ u6 J  O; M6 r3 ZL: 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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" u( @: \4 i) K* Y9 F9 ?  aM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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1 |9 j: ]* ?( g! d; k" Y- w! {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。3 m8 o& d' V8 e9 D* m* Z0 I
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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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% e9 A8 J0 P( z6 k. W" b$ xL: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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ s4 K1 `: a9 l* D1 {

$ c& C2 u. J, t( o2 x" y9 v0 e/ oL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?! _; e" t& V8 K6 s0 ~$ Q
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! J' N% @) r* a! @8 H  S# z
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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?+ h4 p; y+ B: E

: ^% X' C3 _5 ^7 A3 MM: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?3 V/ u4 ^$ I7 ]0 \0 `

9 H; E9 W8 t+ t7 ~5 `$ r& |2 ?M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# I5 ^' S6 i, @2 ?

  o% V" `+ Y5 b# O) ^L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 W3 D/ i+ {3 m

1 t( q2 l* Q& @/ f/ j% E(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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6 Y7 T. H% E7 T; e. iM: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。$ M, l9 }* C0 G. a# |" E! K
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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( ?( `$ B$ V2 r2 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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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3 C- a! C9 _! w) P7 uL: 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。3 m7 c( p: X3 D. b" M

1 S+ h: m" F; ^M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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3 M3 e! [( |% ?$ K+ zL: 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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.
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9 {& Q/ ]" Z! v0 Z' rM: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。6 o- \: F  G% m: U+ t1 j( ?& {

/ Z: q- X) _) {. {" W" JM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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8 ?2 f& O0 m, w. YM: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。$ j% O$ c+ p4 K( o. x, b- E

3 ?( G4 b- B' @$ M8 W  ]4 ^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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