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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。+ D, N4 F) P6 b4 T( @& i
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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!9 [" k2 \. k! S* L* u/ v5 \

) d# ?( V7 R* ]1 p& WM: 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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: u6 z9 o2 b- G" b% e$ GL: 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。1 }- v# O! e% a0 C

& N3 Z9 `  h& _* G) d' eM: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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/ O' ^& ~' }$ \! ^8 N( IL: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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4 J* ?$ E9 G9 F8 w- wM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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2 Q# h: [7 {0 n% GL: 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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( W; T5 ~) {  {# u9 B( |. o' ^M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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' x7 J7 n% b, w8 x+ i5 G5 XL: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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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.
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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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% @1 \& I8 X  b8 W; N! M

6 O: }" k( O5 C' tL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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+ ?0 O% c/ U9 p2 g; Z. E" Q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)6 S3 u$ d! l5 {, u

! z5 E: S5 q) x% x1 RL: 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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2 Y' ]  H" z% T% w1 S0 Z. MM: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。
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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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, I% ~' N9 \) z8 b/ jM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.3 g$ q/ Q: N# v- l# Y" I

0 z8 z$ p5 |! B+ R* N: VL: 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。" _- ~) m/ ~% N4 ~' ^/ r7 h

& Y/ _" C3 v3 i7 P0 l5 `) K% e5 hM: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?7 u$ o- d. d  b" Z

, H+ d8 I$ `6 W3 e) x9 @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./ _: i6 O5 q6 z* s" h6 v. O, ?' U- d

/ e0 y3 S' h* r# p+ E1 kM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?4 Z9 }  t! Q( F" D: f3 `
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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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. Q* L9 k1 y5 g9 r. L' ]5 QM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!4 f0 s, m. Q" G+ q! }" d. D1 @

- T3 F+ @! c$ l$ C( ZL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! j4 k3 [6 V1 O$ ]- P! H: \: @
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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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  A; [  @& q1 V, v: UL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。+ j# Y$ g' o; ^' u9 n% }
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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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