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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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- h; A( H7 t: o  iL: 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' f- H' ]' J% q, n+ V% D

  d9 q" m7 F3 F, MM: 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?7 ]. T, V5 l' s4 K
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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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- K7 A; P+ k& z! ]. s5 }: uL: 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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3 k/ F; o% Q5 r3 @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.9 G0 E# n% q* w

2 l8 t$ E& T9 n: oL: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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9 J7 r" @; V8 O1 U) nM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 W; x" @" }) h4 Z3 q* U5 ^

6 ]0 S! u  u, q1 X* [9 XL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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, h4 w2 q. F  K: J5 QL: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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. l! c# k0 u9 ZM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.) a1 n) v' q) `* M
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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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& w' |7 @2 g. W4 O; @, }6 Z, ZL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!) B0 g% t  w; w) m
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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; w' J/ a1 \; r. R' L; cL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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( u, t+ m8 Z: b8 ^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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1 i$ S2 x' u- p$ s3 ~" |M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.( ~; E: `# }# D; L
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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?1 e3 C! T7 m9 ]+ e+ `2 ]( n( Q% T
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 u& Q- p8 i4 T
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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。
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2 p& E: ~9 }6 K2 {M: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?! i. f& A, E% C6 i) U! N
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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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" |9 Y/ Y% o& e4 FM: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。$ [; @; p, J/ O6 ?5 P9 N

2 A: P' m2 B0 r9 ?: P5 w/ WM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!2 {* {& {  U" t% h/ P. t
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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 X! U( m& x" ?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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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。; G: t, c3 N; R, g
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