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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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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!7 F: I/ m) o% h( Q7 k
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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?
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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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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。. H$ j: h, ~, L, {2 f

6 L/ D0 e" r' zM: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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! t+ F9 M9 e1 S  k; x- O7 vL: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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1 C8 p+ k* w9 b1 \7 ]M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?2 C- s/ r2 C6 T# H& j% E, G

# A- [; `8 I) g: sM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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$ M" C( ?% ~5 v$ X! NL: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?  d4 u" E  m/ ?! l5 j
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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.2 {1 D/ A5 y, y4 ~% s8 C+ l
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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?
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, {3 f/ D! G- }' [" y6 N4 E# ZM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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5 _) y/ X! }, r  Z8 c7 G: @4 _L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!: j( s; s2 w+ b: u9 d

6 o9 ?. d+ B2 Z(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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5 D' w9 e) P: A2 ?1 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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! T/ O8 l2 m7 s$ A1 s3 Y% NM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.- A" U: Y7 g+ |( G9 ~7 N

4 T" ~' b9 x) Q$ v  kL: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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M: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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, W. b. v* E4 y: T( h9 bM: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。4 e  o. B; G2 d" v. R! o& o
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.4 |+ v* u  c- f% Y4 U

" T5 W9 A3 }1 NL: 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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! {( o2 z) P: qM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?4 O6 K$ p/ o( x

( {& A0 r& C8 P. v/ q8 b- VL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。% @. I+ y% Y9 u! N& ], a

. b0 Z& u6 @6 ]M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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) r) ^; q! o6 a! c1 r% y( z. XL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。, U" _  h- f1 C

4 f* }1 }; _/ c4 k( tM: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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3 q" F. c' Q5 P# k2 MMichael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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