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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。9 Z' k8 m# _1 i4 ?
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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!: T2 w- x: ?: Q

9 [/ Z1 q4 r, {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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. r: R& i3 E# A6 EL: 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?7 h- t9 g1 w9 H' k9 D, s: q# H

% e/ o4 s7 h9 @6 o7 ]7 T( N* i' }M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.' d+ l4 H4 A1 o/ G; i' w7 h5 _

0 ^% s2 S7 I: y. S) j+ WL: 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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  o& ]& X. c0 J& i7 dM: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.2 M% v0 `1 S; K9 p

  M# r5 ?1 J0 V2 z1 dL: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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; q2 a4 e; Z# }" B% K: |M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?/ V6 u: @/ [' k5 h
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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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: k  [/ [; d3 {' U+ S+ P: x  |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?3 y/ X. g* F' r0 G9 v
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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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8 p7 B0 a" _; P' r1 mL: 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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ \) c: Y1 }% ?, F& H
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)3 Q9 N' K2 E0 [2 D( S! U; B* l5 ]- w0 J

0 ]: ~8 w0 h& i3 r+ c1 {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。2 n/ C0 P1 e/ q7 C: e

* Q) s1 R; C5 O  IM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.. I3 L# c, n* [+ m; d! q# p4 `  H' H

4 Q. m' m1 E+ g$ FL: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.. d+ y3 i) H- T( l) h4 y
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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?0 j1 g' }  Q( T) u
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M: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。, o# S% u, T7 K9 s1 J/ i0 j  _+ Y: a( @
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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?" l4 P) t. ~9 v, u5 V5 L9 @

6 u8 [6 J9 b5 I6 ]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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ }+ S; S9 _/ c3 l- B3 Q/ p5 p* o

% H# f5 X- l) E5 i$ aL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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6 i1 F! Z# C, a) a; C3 T8 m7 w: N; l9 NM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!7 _2 U, a- }) X7 R  j
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: i$ B$ z" M* m+ D
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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.# x  e% c! G0 ^' h0 h
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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。6 E- m6 `3 \  }# m. L/ L

' o6 ^9 a! s$ [1 K& f5 I) F3 e1 \1 IMichael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。! J3 g' H6 I* N: X& B. o" R
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