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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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$ K# v2 p" \: jL: 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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, c1 W$ p3 ]+ s* K! t9 zM: 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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4 d" o- k5 e* ^, m& ~M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.3 Q9 c- o4 X# T

6 y0 b) @$ I5 P  DL: 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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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.2 p- x8 x7 A  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?; k: A8 V' A& S& l) ~# n9 Z
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 u# O3 k/ Q0 n3 R( i
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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?3 \0 S+ v' P1 f! D2 Q
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?+ _! L2 H# p- o% J. N
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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., J* Q4 O# \; N* m; h

8 ]: {8 Z# Z# z) zL: 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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! ]/ [6 s' B# _, I. i8 P! [M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: N) s* l5 f' C; r& _6 {% V

& w" p5 g7 h  z$ ^/ rL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)3 ?. o7 ^. d! O% c( a( I* U7 q

2 p; m0 ]' d& V2 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。0 l9 R6 \3 `3 ]

4 O3 q% v6 E& \. @) b5 w3 X% H' VM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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3 D8 Y. [9 u/ u: _* u3 m1 R, AL: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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# R) Y4 x% _- _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?% f6 C' D/ @! i
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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: r2 R- M! n# ~) w5 OL: 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。# C; `3 |  O# X) D

5 B: S4 s5 k6 d0 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?# ^' x' e% M- L: c; t  G

6 [1 x$ Y; F0 v" mM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! e; {. x. Z( {6 Z. A" b! D# e
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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?
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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。8 X% N2 Y" n, _  ]

5 h6 r1 ]  @1 L% V1 OM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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7 W6 ^0 T$ k6 T+ A4 f3 {$ `5 iL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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+ F1 P  _2 m! i3 k3 ^9 qM: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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。5 d) x6 j7 H' a4 d4 I/ q3 D& o
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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。, n7 P( P, i1 a. K8 G/ H* M9 t
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