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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。' t$ |: p* L% S' f5 `' D" P, J) L

- m. _/ p3 @  m8 r1 pL: 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!4 q1 y: L1 d3 R( s" e
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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.; F5 D) V/ t6 F" S

1 y' j3 ?3 k' E; Q2 RL: 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?$ V  Z% U2 x9 F9 a

' Q+ G% F, K& D9 ^M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.% X: |" F) j0 }$ B

" y4 V( N# ^' o& q2 S9 OL: 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。" `( O* j- ]  ?2 E# h7 }

5 Z6 r! L5 d1 h- ?) FM: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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- v/ l2 m7 {3 M! w. 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?7 t' W  m, ]; b1 i
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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- T9 \" {) ]: SL: 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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" J2 S+ o! z1 L# ~M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' D# v1 ^* g: k: t% t# S: m

# ?- E# h* W/ s6 B7 Z9 W. RL: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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8 ]; q$ ~4 [+ x9 D: w) ^M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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% k. e# [% I# ?7 C* M* ]L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!4 a2 S( X) D. J5 x9 O. s# Q

( Y: V  h* B9 K. L(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)9 M; o, {& p! A9 F+ j
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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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  W3 N  O* P& x) M" F5 \7 E! t* iM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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4 t, W( s2 [' cL: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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3 x  s" P$ K& ^+ }! g5 b) gM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.0 I, r% K; N* w5 J  N

6 e0 D8 q) |, F9 {8 UL: 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?2 e5 e# ~( N. O4 e: P4 g* Z

  ^* k6 I  O; HM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.6 D" T9 ]8 J: t- d# Z
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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。9 @- R& q2 ]0 E) }# K( e( [
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.4 K9 B" X4 u4 U; V! D& S# e

+ O3 }4 ?8 ]5 p) l$ b* OL: 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?  j2 \5 J7 W- ^. f$ r; _4 H5 q
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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 z- S$ j" u; M% S& v
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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." r, L- c1 y; z+ L7 t7 X

$ G( u- W5 ^, m3 @; }* a4 mM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ k& O" O- `2 E9 J: P8 O( T
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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。0 ]4 m$ M% j" Q1 l9 u

/ b: @; w% ~2 |" iM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!' p- W' v3 h0 T- w; g# y7 N8 j: O

; N" Z& R: O5 b4 P* e  m/ {9 HL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。0 Z3 ~$ C* c, D, i( F5 `
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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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, M2 A5 |+ ]' G3 r8 ?$ aL: 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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0 Q& L$ }4 K; {, ?* w1 P0 e/ |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。8 s& N. [# X4 N% K
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