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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。8 j- V  m! `. M: d) G  m, x" n

3 i2 ]' t; L  E  OL: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.: l. F. ]! J5 B3 _! F

' p: v# v% p* J. c: W7 f: pL: 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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& i- Y; i- I% j( KM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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% x" J+ t+ C/ L- i2 RL: 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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. r: [0 `8 o( t5 \4 a7 ZM: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.( {) ^" R  f. S4 v7 d
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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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1 J# L8 Z5 o: f  i' HM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 o. L% e3 A! n" o

, p; o9 R; O3 d2 Z2 QL: 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., b3 d. R" y$ g! }9 y* F( q

3 K* Q' ~- I  \& h1 @3 [% FL: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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% }: }' h/ }8 {6 }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?
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( w) e9 }  _2 |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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2 [  w' U) ]0 W) b1 }(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)+ t! o1 v8 a$ I% G8 R5 h+ H
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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。- b& @1 ~# t1 j- |8 E; ]8 m

6 ]* l. V7 ^( U" G3 I+ r/ i; x! K, bM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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& A9 f& L+ y9 _, IL: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。$ t5 O7 [4 M3 |$ R5 b" [

3 M5 M/ w5 q0 V7 [% U* rM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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1 P% l; {" q/ uL: 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?" b: s1 k. W5 e+ `- E

% K$ P, f6 [. R, E8 u3 RM: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。. U8 g! J% L, a; v
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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, b; l9 V5 v+ zL: 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?- H! ?$ {; @% Z* P- |3 w5 K& C
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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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# g& Z! I9 u& H! M  l: p' u- Q1 [! t3 rL: 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 e1 W5 y$ E- R0 Q% y

5 z. p2 o9 j! C8 Q( I; Q# M% t; O, uM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?0 x$ p. {- j5 `& p& V% O

0 J6 p: b& n; W4 P3 C0 g) aL: 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!
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) i7 y7 Y. l9 \0 j1 pL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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2 x, g/ ~+ K8 JM: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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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。
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