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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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/ Z+ X% V/ Z8 l5 F4 h8 aL: 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!8 C; u) }+ b& C% x: J6 w1 l

3 b' Q  g& K( g) x. a9 ^; n7 kM: 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.: ~6 p: I# u- u/ ]7 d

& d8 O- l9 ^! m& N: \& b% fL: 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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7 \& `6 `" i6 ]9 ^7 G3 \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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ M8 c) ^; u/ E# _& ^

+ x8 c% V9 R* m$ o  U# |5 f# eL: 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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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?
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( o! Z' `2 Y8 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.8 H* _; h  W* I( P9 j2 L/ K
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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?: x3 ~; f. F9 b9 f9 @0 @
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!9 h) y# f/ [* q! x; ~
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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( b. O2 M$ u7 L6 T8 }! @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。3 k! I6 U9 _: W" |5 l; y; |
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M: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。# D* ?4 V) y: x8 r! Z

2 a# T- d! P6 G7 r' _M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.& W- B4 i7 @) `8 q7 `
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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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& ]* G9 C* X" s& @' k. ?; _M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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$ o+ {: O8 y4 C9 r' \- iL: 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。! j2 ]$ a3 m/ v
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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9 c  p. _( m; g( w' v. E- o5 PL: 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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! j; ~8 _0 ~: {/ l' A/ 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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: k" f! u2 w* D- CM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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! D  e3 }6 L6 Q1 \5 E: ML: 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.
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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。) b2 d- _% F3 V) u" P, P6 A
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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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