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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。8 F% B& d5 b( ~, z

' b( A: ?% o- D4 S/ F5 l. [+ M' FL: 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!
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, R& N. b7 E; ~) |1 B5 B, uM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.) o' Y% D- i) A4 W

( R7 q. `8 I4 g6 ^0 d" ^+ |3 i" C8 AL: 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?) O/ O( c' I3 e3 l
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.$ H% V6 M0 i% w0 Z6 V7 A* ]

0 ~0 N- D8 ~  S( w3 zL: 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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; Z. ]! Q1 ^; L1 i1 v/ f* w2 a5 ?M: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.1 ?- q+ y) I. s' |- @2 B" g
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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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 D. c! n0 ^( l* ]2 p& h2 ^
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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.( p8 f" n9 l1 Y5 N7 |) K( @+ ^

2 P& T' ]# k$ bL: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! k- M& l1 X
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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?2 {9 h* t; u0 i- {
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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!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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  r8 V5 T, s) i% 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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2 v# ]  i3 [7 V1 f; ?6 N* |. DM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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8 ~0 q0 g: X/ o4 [$ QL: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。. O0 ?5 E& J  z) l& Q
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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?( X% e% ^2 u" N9 ]2 E% F
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- e) ^7 n. f! _- E3 V

6 o$ X7 P2 M7 u* a6 n; @1 c+ EL: 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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  W7 p3 n9 U; H; QM: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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4 c7 t6 Z" g2 O6 [M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 e* I$ P% m" L" u/ o

; y: a$ x6 A+ `; w6 {1 NL: 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.2 i7 u, B! K* V- `( E: ?+ d2 t! K/ B

3 K8 _" G4 @8 |* T0 a# tM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 _; e# }# I. a

  V+ s" Z: h2 d6 P4 BL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。7 k! }# e4 ?! k' \2 q. x
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M: 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。
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! ^# q. x" l2 n: aM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.2 _1 N' `% ^2 ?/ O4 H5 u3 m1 W7 i

) p9 N( }; d9 J) p0 o0 K; N! \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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; z) B% j8 R# L6 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。
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