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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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. m/ S' T; v! X3 K$ QL: 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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3 v" J* P5 Z. I2 G7 ?2 lM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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4 g3 c, R1 S4 D5 v, k( FL: 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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5 E3 I% d7 _& b- Q) O; z& wM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* _- x* i* I; b& ^" V
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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。/ S  i2 M" f: C# G# w8 |
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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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?: A$ \3 c5 F; z2 w5 n0 q' j4 q* a

" w# V2 `% j1 T# j. Q3 H0 [& ]L: 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  Z4 ?8 ?# IM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.4 @! x. V$ V9 m

- s& k+ l& z* e2 H, [3 ~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?3 {2 j0 p/ f# u& n# w

; N0 \8 \4 P% i7 EM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.* K0 d9 y7 H) q/ ?" |

9 I1 R& ~" i9 M) uL: 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?$ E+ l0 `8 M2 N8 c/ U" f0 [, P3 A

- O. G9 {7 `" |3 `M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 [" ?# {! L) b  G! k. N( s

; O7 @) r% _9 J  A8 h3 S! `! LL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!, a% }0 H' I$ z' S4 o& C. X
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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" h+ _* n2 C' 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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3 Z. h" y7 b% [3 q9 m- P  z1 zM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.  d, x% |- Q4 |) F  }9 H% R
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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。  @% I5 A# t5 T" M, i

+ @" N* r7 A- D8 J( V4 r0 m; C; uM: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?
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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。
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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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 d  B8 @+ p# m+ E$ w

3 L) I3 J) U9 V6 |5 a7 P0 Y9 z; eL: 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.; I5 w3 S; t+ p: m! k
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?3 I- l  c4 s" [+ f( j

! U$ @$ J5 w+ b& jL: 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!  M! ~/ x* F: a  T& _" A
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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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; `* p# e! N+ p5 o/ P; q8 I" FL: 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。
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