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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。* I1 R4 Q, ^- L  ]

# ]6 r& y( U7 k1 V) ]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!& d3 S2 c8 l! S/ e/ _: q5 {- V

5 E& _4 H1 G, v# Y- yM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 {: L) U' n1 K- r' H# ?

6 j! a' F& ]5 B4 {. w- o& _" oL: 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?- c4 r/ w- ?$ O) W/ O. s: L

' c1 }: d' m4 s2 wM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke., n' E6 [) {1 c# G

  a9 V8 n+ @' e8 }/ p4 xL: 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.7 D$ q- [) w5 ~* ^/ R/ X! i4 y- J' g
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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?4 `) `  c2 W! K
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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% |" I" H  t: j- b$ _% Q+ LL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?* C( t; C  X, E+ R5 G7 z

: v8 {+ C6 y# h; ~# v6 n$ ?$ fM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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) Y' S* ?# l; _( o; KL: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?- c" a  G" S; ?, ~8 h- n
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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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8 B& M7 ]1 J# l& E+ t4 D, g$ ~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?. I) v9 h; A8 n; r0 X

5 _5 ?( _' Q/ dM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 I2 ~2 U9 f+ o! [9 ^, G. x2 }
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 }* H1 Q  F5 p8 q

' T3 h! n3 o  q" p(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)% o4 U& v+ q. @- l% @- D

& u3 L% e+ O7 h0 b5 b" H# {; Q# c; NL: 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。; ^- N3 @  t' @6 x8 O

1 O' F/ s3 S( I/ f, {/ `# xM: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。
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' Y8 n8 V$ v# G- zM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& E- r* x3 r* t) B
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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?
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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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/ z+ I# `/ I$ ]7 XL: 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.$ z. q; f3 B9 C8 ^
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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( k3 a. h7 W2 uL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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M: 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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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.+ m' u2 V' t  z9 j1 p

& F7 p* g+ ~+ f9 Y* Y" N# e; OL: 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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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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