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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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L: 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!9 O3 W, v1 C6 o2 C

% O: N4 R. x6 A+ R, L( ^M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.: c/ A! q4 D' z% V
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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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2 P) b* S5 t! T/ M7 LM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。! N: {4 |9 z$ V. f8 j* C

, `. Q# _' d: C6 _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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! e1 N  s+ ~# _+ ^0 J, D! P& T; bL: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?* N" C6 B1 @# Y' i6 M$ a4 y
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?" y0 U* l& A( T% t6 Q$ ^6 }

  s% R6 F# C7 i7 _M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.; Y. C. s3 g" A7 k* [% S
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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?6 M8 M; I: z+ [* [3 R# ^
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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?- I; t) @3 m9 K

  C) x2 Z1 T7 I" c& T! i3 n( aM: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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9 J, J1 X5 H2 X! c- m(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)$ R  H. O! @7 \- L% A4 f+ }' a" u! b

& V6 g& N) n5 F* A3 BL: 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。# B& g. o1 `/ U4 h, M$ n: S- a5 k
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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L: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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) [) j2 w1 C# q" D- ?, G# aM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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0 f5 ~, r* b$ s4 z/ ]: }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?" A: h& m" o" `4 y
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.9 Z( Y% ~/ @; b/ m8 n7 f9 D! E4 Q- Z

/ z7 L- e, ~1 PL: 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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  R  }) w$ E" O% l2 \+ J: M; NM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.9 J9 Q/ B8 n/ w' o1 e9 T6 Y

( U" Y: }4 ^, E& D& WL: 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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1 }2 }& n3 H  {+ g9 j  GM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.3 `7 h% l9 n% |$ m1 N- b# c' T! a
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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.2 @1 G. l4 Z* v! x5 Q
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, r" f( a/ I- |5 s
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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。# m6 S" r. t1 m/ l0 l

! {: ?! Z/ P) S: rM: 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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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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7 Y/ X1 S5 _& ^: J3 g' L, d' vL: 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 _; r$ Y* }6 w4 Z& h' g- M( _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。
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