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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。% ~! B+ W# G2 m7 ~$ ]$ K) R% s: E& c! S
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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!2 m- T& ~1 |# X  ?" n
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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. Q3 }; g( z3 y% Q' A. p
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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?; f# F3 y) k. X- K+ Z/ O, S: C4 H

3 T0 p% g7 p: @" m4 v9 k! f* E9 JM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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/ G0 o# ?/ w4 [8 J2 U" x- l/ f$ EL: 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。/ a$ `7 n# }5 D# L8 {' g4 `

* H( r6 t2 _' {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.) r0 e$ A9 X6 P/ q

* P+ u) r6 K4 u$ Y! p" n% gL: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?
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7 W% s8 t7 M1 M8 CL: 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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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.& N: k# K" z: @

$ Z# s+ p/ n3 gL: 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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7 J& u' P$ l1 v2 t- W( h6 SM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 e& n$ [1 i3 N: u2 @

+ I. o* H- K. k( P# V& uL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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6 c! u4 [: n4 V(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。: L1 ?9 l& |: `. q$ Z; p0 P

9 _3 y  ~4 i4 K8 k+ j3 R# FM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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' L: M  a$ P: w8 J  D8 fL: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。  ?% g& ?; Q' I: r9 L
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.# L* A: E1 \( M- t. G( t* f6 a" k
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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?+ ~9 p' L/ j1 t+ E6 R) H
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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1 h) ~& l, q' g7 zL: 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。. m$ z* r$ G/ c2 n+ R
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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9 ^4 g1 u7 w0 [9 C* K, a: FL: 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?& b+ ~: u' Z( Y

, Q4 |1 j6 H( Z4 A# D8 W8 P3 j4 r* AM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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6 Q# R) t( B! e" }, V6 r, o* v& VL: 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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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。9 ^6 B( v7 C2 |
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# c8 v/ I0 u" a4 j8 ^% m; @L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。* A. n& \! T$ `; O

- A& R' s! |; [' vM: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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1 E0 [- {5 C) DL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。+ A- z# H  R' C6 `

! h+ `' _4 @' u. B; X. p! DMichael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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