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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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# Z+ \5 H' @) k  p  H( bL: 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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) j9 _1 j2 r/ {% v; HM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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6 L/ W3 d* x6 K$ T% p) h7 h8 wL: 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.6 ]8 S4 z/ l" J  z* C% Z' H

3 K; o4 e5 `2 v+ d& P7 {! cL: 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.. j  v% C; V4 F
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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?# \$ ?8 V/ u6 P+ w

) {2 b: J, _9 xM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?% V# ~, c9 ~( ?5 j! X' K7 g
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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( W, S- i# C# T/ J5 x, |' I& N

# ]3 X; M0 c  B# e5 t: d: qM: 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?
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7 H$ I) \. |8 U; NM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.8 J3 z: H9 ]- L6 G5 p0 z

! m, M, v9 L8 f7 j" FL: 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!
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0 I4 g( n0 A2 ]5 F+ {4 M2 L% H(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。) o; G9 c5 L. ^: f1 C! F

- F, V% r# p3 x& A. |2 ZM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all./ w; \1 T& j! A, S- P3 T7 I" D

& m5 Q4 l/ y5 h6 V4 OL: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。" y# Z! g; s" T( y3 N5 `
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.! a1 \% }6 L) f6 z$ ]
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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.% a$ Q6 U: U' j% v; X
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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。$ w3 i  I; x* D5 T
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.% p; {7 e. U- a& i$ T
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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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.% C! O  J4 g: R- v

: w) d5 L  N1 h; V; f+ A2 h+ q- DL: 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.1 a9 w& i8 Q2 ]9 F3 N7 V3 O

: X- ~. m3 p$ X2 j2 BM: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。; l7 @) j4 T+ _  Y" ]& r
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!+ u' W3 Q8 x' h8 Q; P) M0 r% Z" J
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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5 e2 e* j$ P( `) g  p( ~4 O( VM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.& Y2 d  w! ?0 d7 _% g' {

- u9 r# d1 _) ]/ W: XL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。% O$ `. ?0 {+ v
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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。; `3 a' B$ r& `
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