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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!, Q; q+ B5 }; ~# d9 R
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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.+ t  Z$ w+ ?5 R( y% D! I& i
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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?$ e3 E  J$ Z4 o& G0 `; u7 d2 f
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 A; j& Z( T8 ^# A
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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。' F% ]# ~0 R3 k, [  F2 n

: p/ [" |6 H- 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.$ w; {) k! n% O; r" v9 j4 }

/ _. L0 s* w* v; L+ J) }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?, Z3 p+ A! W& R- `- u2 U
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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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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?+ X- B! P6 `8 `* h  a
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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., I$ B+ B0 ^! n8 w2 z

0 F9 k8 U. C4 U- zL: 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?9 I* i5 s7 h  ~: _% y. `6 v1 R5 G
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!- z0 R5 {7 r6 B+ J4 L
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 x/ R7 W5 A# I2 L& T: |5 t! r

# V5 F0 H8 T2 D8 g* m5 d(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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: H7 x/ K2 r5 z- A8 t7 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。- p4 P# f% p5 x( L

' o6 e/ ^- C# X# l" [M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all./ z( L) M" r5 Z- M5 u9 L  D

) Y; O) n& M/ gL: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 L( A# Z% u$ \6 p

3 l+ B0 ]1 }8 U" lM: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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$ G8 K  g' u$ F. R+ }* T* \M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 [) x& N0 Z4 F+ o* G8 o

$ i0 q, q* I: m0 }2 Z3 Z" HL: 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.
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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.2 E) G) |8 c5 Z2 x+ C) }' J  s
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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.3 u' r/ C* o) ^/ c" }

7 d4 ]3 K# G: O1 p. c8 O+ ?% _, ZM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?9 s- G. ^  t/ p1 ^% S# f

# ~" C4 A4 i. U' l- [9 P; J; HL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。9 ^- D- w, a. G& `$ ~$ a; F! ]; G

9 j/ z2 I  p6 Y! C- ~, x" F1 KM: 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。8 G+ Z# |6 d, X) J+ q1 F0 h: T
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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。3 ~4 S: `9 m8 L2 i. y; P

5 z, S) M. t$ pMichael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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