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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。" S- `' i. T% O% R% p
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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!5 s# |6 k! S# n' s0 \. {) g, Y" W5 l

; \( `' m( e7 W& JM: 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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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- C/ p8 W" w$ b# G; N' x" bL: 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。/ `: o& K" A; U0 p, o) ]
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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.! P5 \& k! O4 S. t; X

& O/ [& D2 i. C$ X' SL: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?) \3 ?6 F1 B+ n- X  n: _5 G5 ^

* l0 y! ~. O- L3 oL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?# P0 V  q( u4 q
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M: 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?2 [$ i) D  k* P1 W2 I

/ L5 Q4 j* z8 U! Y+ RM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.4 w# [; Z. q% ?8 k' D2 `, W
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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?: J# r5 F  u9 r! o8 L" w

' s1 X' x$ d1 K  H' c+ r% j" UM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!& r2 u: C3 Y+ \+ K! {
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ O/ M: d$ c# w1 s
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(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.' R0 y! ^6 A: C8 k, g

" A1 Y) A7 H: \# z1 B0 u. @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 f8 \# E# z/ x$ `% j! k1 k9 k
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.6 z, x& p7 R" e
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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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- |2 F* Y8 o: K" w! ]1 x- nM: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。# t, U4 X% M9 C9 v- s4 o

9 a3 @4 N4 Y3 b: w3 n  GM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?  X% M7 l9 O0 I' G

1 J) Z$ \5 R& _; d, T& }M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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( o" I7 o: n: u5 n8 P/ K* Y! @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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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。
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- d* Z$ K  I! |) t) [, tM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!& B# I3 q1 j+ ?" v0 n1 u1 Q

/ F( L2 j: i+ x# fL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。0 Y0 q1 t% r5 v

4 z, ?0 E. _* _' V6 x+ L! R1 IM: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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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。0 a8 m' `  H# Z' j3 L8 `
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