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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。4 p$ o+ v3 i) q: W& P: u) L

. v( ]" `) ?6 \# l7 k$ j2 P- ]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!6 c5 X+ y7 ^' p/ ~' L- w% {. u

) H& \, y* m1 C4 X# {( @M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.4 ~  H$ _0 N5 B; i7 ^  H! K2 i2 X3 Y
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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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# U+ E/ T' }7 D' D, iM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; t* F7 @( O4 X  f, `
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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。( e. `7 ]5 X$ B  h) r

/ a! h) M' X, W9 t: SM: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.- {# z! W+ q" g! L* R
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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?: e3 g* }4 ~& Q; n( P" a" V# ^* f

4 [  H4 y5 t5 o, ?' a1 J, F! b4 HM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- m: j. P* z. i2 [3 I2 C
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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?
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* b* s: z$ k; ?' `  A& I" qM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.0 U. l) a, b1 u: p6 r

* U" I8 K  _9 S7 ZL: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?) O: A5 c+ ]7 @; v! m2 V

* O( w& q" \" [4 t# A% r1 OM: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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! z# D: ^5 |! N$ i! C+ oL: 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?$ ^: n: ^6 P% n+ a2 Q- }

' u# U8 ]7 L" `% t2 bM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( a3 u( a* p) g4 x$ A. M0 j
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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., @6 G4 I# K. K% A8 W" t; N

9 k% X8 L& V/ S, ^3 pL: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。" w9 t+ A$ w9 E; z4 |
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.3 F8 {9 Z# O$ t* K

8 X& d, d4 y: p' [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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7 z9 I- _+ b" X) `' Y( hM: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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0 m: k1 C& F9 N1 I9 d7 n  B9 iM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) Y2 r' L% q5 ]4 f9 i9 X

& a5 g! E$ w; U2 KL: 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?" r8 [0 `2 g/ o
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.+ V* l2 J, I8 l+ g

" ^2 A$ R0 c2 V! s8 x( J6 [4 EL: 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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; ~0 ~: z- `# }9 X% `M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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( O* K  X3 _& K. wL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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& y7 B7 M& m, x4 {$ s( i* zM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 b  \& p$ P) a7 }9 l

2 B; J9 p2 L5 I) JL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; N8 \) Q* g; n. k8 \
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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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- }5 @- r% ?6 _" G) `: DL: 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 [* D% u/ I  h" g& D! \9 CMichael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。' F4 ?$ y8 P' d: X0 l0 ~
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