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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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; U2 ]% C; i, L# c" g+ cL: 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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( U$ o- Q7 G! h5 u8 F! nM: 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?6 J) W7 e" @4 X  i% s

0 u% z" B: T+ l5 z" \# s" m7 }M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* P8 Y( Q$ U0 Z; Q, K

# L: S3 w/ l, Y5 yL: 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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/ c& g' L' o: l! _: A' x% vM: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.$ f# {5 x& e# s; X
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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?2 J! A7 j$ z3 l7 S
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 Z0 S0 j/ {3 N3 b$ [0 h, N* D
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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?0 L* a0 F% ^& k! ?) r' B/ i" X

( u: P4 \' H  g0 BM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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! Q- P6 T2 t! d; }) SL: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: w* t  C* X. i; Z/ q& B
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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.2 N; Y- B: i- y% }4 G- u

* i0 _- o# R+ P0 J. VL: 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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5 A$ w# S& }( K1 jL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)2 f/ d; s6 t- w! w

; M( n" T- k) z9 o7 [+ D/ D, fL: 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。8 r7 h( v6 R9 i

9 ]( A0 ]! d& |7 M3 b4 Z% GM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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$ D; g$ p/ X0 p6 x! TL: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.5 @- x7 i- \! {' r# j0 t! j

2 i/ U$ l) S" O+ c. RL: 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?4 ~  r$ q. h1 k( I5 F

* a- }* \2 Y; d7 ^* aM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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. r9 z0 r5 `* w) g: U$ cL: 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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; I7 E; [1 T1 E" d7 d7 W: yM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* Q( O# {9 B- c( o) z7 z

$ W2 {$ y- T4 V4 c- i8 qL: 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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2 N  L4 f& w! F; M3 @M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.3 Z2 f! @# }( }( U

; R1 S& ]7 V7 W) u: j( }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?: r# X& w  l5 L* \) {1 }3 i

$ }9 e# k' r& f5 ~L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。& N/ J5 t) N8 h; m, d
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# ?: S3 ^* V2 @3 N4 A  E4 r5 SL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.9 l7 R7 b. b  a" ]7 T4 y0 M
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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。
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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。; V) e4 s4 X# Q- F; i% d
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