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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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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!, l6 v; ~* c# ?6 U1 X4 P

4 y8 a& p; @6 x# a# EM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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; m; G/ [+ D: m+ C3 S" O3 m9 LL: 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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; a7 k* w4 {; |4 c/ R+ sM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.5 r& ?$ u# p7 w# Y4 Z3 d2 |

2 O. E; l9 |: X/ t. t1 N" l$ k- j: PL: 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.6 S( C. r4 d8 \4 o0 g
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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?/ u& B7 d: T' B, H
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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. j0 @# a, c4 i2 g- N& j0 C- OL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?/ c- z! X( D: \+ R0 r. g
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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( x. W8 M+ \2 t) v, ~4 TL: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?0 ]  x! @% q9 T. r# q1 h3 }) N# B
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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.
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5 x; I' O7 }6 v; q8 rL: 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?# V/ ?) U  v  _% X5 A
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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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1 r/ m$ ~% x5 v- J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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  Q5 C- e  r3 s6 ^9 K; lL: 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+ p, ~- i' t& C- R5 \
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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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) a) o( g+ j) C. Q& F5 VL: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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M: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?$ e( N5 s+ k, E: ~

- C& L* ]0 f. E/ \( }M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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2 x1 V$ \' [8 T- BL: 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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) E) y% ?9 D  E6 qM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* D$ e7 J) b& WL: 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?* j1 F7 o0 e. ]! q- E4 W7 h

) w" ~6 q! a6 V' d5 X3 dM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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* X5 \2 N" R5 M8 NL: 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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( k6 o, [4 K: |( P0 ML: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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! J, i! k: N" M. P8 P- JM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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- K% b2 c2 m& AL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。- p' @8 i# `( K/ K5 U3 f( u

* b6 v$ Z7 }9 s& L6 qM: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。; \1 c% C( O# f* Z7 O" [6 _1 @

# I& T+ F- |7 ~6 n' }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。+ N" Z, q% P, X0 F3 R% b* Y/ b! L
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