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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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& {  R6 f* t5 [4 d& ~L: 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!* Q& U* Z3 ^4 y  b" y' f) f8 o
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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.
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- _% O- t* ]) ^8 d! iL: 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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: u7 o5 S, U9 Z7 TM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。
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: J9 ~; z, ]% @6 r5 VM: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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: E1 _$ h% o9 s# Z' \6 v& q1 ]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?4 `2 P$ D' s; P% T. x; J
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?/ S  p( S" r7 H% H$ \
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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?
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# v* w- P$ m2 oM: 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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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.% N6 k+ Q: J& G6 c2 ?

0 D' y  h4 B' _7 \% R* Y* G5 SL: 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?! R3 @# C$ g% ]* N/ }' M9 `1 r

4 I3 M" r* l( p. _' }9 p4 AM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!& q" W; u7 \+ a1 l

- H* ~. s+ G2 H& a7 T& E; |* u8 jL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!% G& V" R8 y- b( R- w/ C

) h4 N) ~' ^2 f8 `' E+ X! y+ \+ ](Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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* N8 ~" Q  p& D/ RL: 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。+ n5 D1 J& u1 U8 a+ J/ I& ^$ O

* Z2 `+ A( f5 X* o& x/ G4 |9 KM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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; T8 `' r3 Y$ h9 SL: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。! w% T  r4 {5 I, ]: Y

2 H; B- y8 L, s* G+ C6 r3 c- rM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.7 b( F0 o" s1 {+ E5 I- b7 \

6 ~6 j# g3 v: p8 c# j  M' @# HL: 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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" O5 `6 m5 X3 Z; C* }' B! ZM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 j! O7 _) s5 i6 C
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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。9 a; [1 r, o& u& O# G7 Y7 q
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.0 Z7 ^2 _6 B( v# e, R
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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 o9 {2 _' k; O7 l5 o! G

4 U" Z: V9 Q2 H, H9 a! i2 JL: 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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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$ R% P/ [5 m5 ^L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。- g, F  U+ ~% q  {$ u3 y4 H

3 U8 C- p; i( F2 BM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。8 {$ o4 m; ?; e2 M1 E' ]/ ]. Z

% A- F) J/ g# M1 x8 A0 EM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.6 z. M9 l5 o: N' N

: X# Z) H9 C9 d9 y- V# RL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。% l! U( ~2 s. @

0 F( V$ E5 ?$ g! D, z; sMichael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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