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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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0 g- D$ x6 s+ G! x5 U' r3 r% XL: 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!+ X- s, q3 c0 p* w+ \9 j0 E7 s

5 j( o7 d4 F. i. n* uM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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5 @3 }( d& P- |% D3 LL: 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?9 o8 |1 e0 L  f7 a

4 {3 R/ l5 U0 K2 x& T: c" H2 yM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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) @& G; a# w9 L5 D, ?  y4 SL: 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。" ^2 c7 @0 Z, I5 b

; P# t% ^  k+ F* D6 ^% Y$ OM: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.4 Y) G3 a1 a5 [, G
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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?9 W0 [5 [5 M) X9 o1 F9 T

9 G! \9 f! _. i8 p; q7 c% H3 {9 jM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?& E0 o" N& @& f5 a  f5 a
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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?! P6 k' j. O3 B' A

" l+ Z) ~/ N% J( y! {& [6 lM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.3 F0 e3 M( Q( V$ u3 [$ `
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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?- d3 g1 o* ^+ ]/ c6 f' O% ^( m

0 V% Q( u0 q5 X: _! UM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.. R2 E# a0 L9 I% Y
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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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 q5 T& a2 K* ^( n

; G- B' C/ s; s4 n2 {3 ^# u* U(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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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. i) [5 i: d$ P/ A6 TM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* D  @' M5 @0 j  e4 E6 k

5 X6 ?. p+ M. F& E$ d2 p. }% `( `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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?- n" U$ O. Z7 J7 X* z+ L$ G6 U
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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" w% Y! T- a3 u( ~1 b" uL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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- l: A4 L" `9 O. h( {" sL: 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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% O3 L( {7 U6 _* E# P7 |M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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! y0 i9 o( B, J# r1 j7 iL: 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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/ G8 g: N( F  f* N; ]; {* eM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?9 D$ c+ h  `6 N9 h* g3 n' ?9 X2 H
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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 F  x/ G( \! p3 C( v2 G
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, M( ^8 G  {4 s. f. G

( m7 D' G/ _4 H& A, RL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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) i5 j) C0 O8 i; S2 d4 P8 xM: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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4 J2 O: T, d# gL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。$ U2 h: o" u, _. m4 G4 x
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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。* f) @" `: [' \  G. A: A4 t
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