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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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4 P  m) S$ E, S( e# wL: 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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' g2 {" b7 i& x( B! `7 {" \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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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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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9 a5 W6 j# _3 b$ @L: 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。( I8 M: J+ Y; W9 O( Y% E, x& E
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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.
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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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4 J1 D! R! E( ~" q" \M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" D4 `' B: A: l1 C; I6 O
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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?/ j. K  r" v9 @$ |1 v1 I( p7 _
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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?- V9 I/ h3 v  v0 X% G* u* W( K! L
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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.: V0 l2 {1 z8 r& E7 a5 ?

; T# x& F2 ~! LL: 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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7 C" w6 ~. O, C# n, p5 zM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 @/ o; B* }- v$ F- b  i7 k

* ], G- ?( Z$ ?0 H+ R(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 s, J1 v( t. |" K2 H
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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。3 N+ F( ?8 l& v5 a

& f8 n- e5 F1 C; C( PM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.! r2 {: L4 p0 J" l  b& E. }/ y4 N* j9 X

2 o7 y5 ^* X* E( L0 z3 uL: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.2 r, b* d8 o/ d$ x1 W# ]% G
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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?! ]" d! c: y8 N
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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。8 J8 O) k; |3 a8 W. j

4 \) w: d& p/ I7 V' xM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.7 d, [4 C  R0 I0 m% A

" w$ C! F' ~; i: tL: 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?" @4 J* y( @6 b+ \: T

8 s8 o* I: s- J( j/ R. T" bM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.2 ]5 W9 J" p, b# c

& X: G, e* b- h6 K; @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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6 ]( X) q$ R- f: g! Q! n' hM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( k" V5 I1 d8 u' u

+ ~0 o4 |6 ?: h( }+ \L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! r: L; r3 A# X) Z

: u: a5 I5 z& a& K9 N9 yL: 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.( o8 q. L+ v6 G- g
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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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1 |! b6 T, V5 P+ B0 q7 {  E8 {$ FMichael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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