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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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5 |/ J) N0 S7 L, k  ~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!
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2 t! T8 c2 D) w/ C2 }) I6 `8 eM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.7 F' |7 Z3 F4 f/ l) |" Q. B/ [
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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?  k- B( D6 O& U
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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: O( x5 G7 w/ }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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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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9 A7 x9 x+ c2 v; {+ s/ |; R1 W. x+ XM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 a7 o$ M) m, }7 A  ^

; K5 p4 |! G- R3 O; y8 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?
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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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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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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5 _# w3 z7 A, X0 O4 M/ {% k% nL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!# m- h) X0 z5 }( O4 c3 Z( J

# [9 W4 v  A) o4 M: _8 R( i(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位); b7 q1 P6 D) ^3 y- 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。$ Y# c+ U* I' p
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.8 g' H" M9 R/ T  d
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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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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2 N' p- d* L$ n1 Q& E, y, J0 D5 ^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?/ ^8 j/ ^% ^/ Q/ C5 ~9 d( ~/ p3 U
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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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, T" q$ W& j' H" IL: 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- I2 k$ p. U9 L* u
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.# X# d8 J* E5 I. \1 U

, e/ ]: Y- M: o- S2 WL: 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.0 K& Z0 f$ w1 P5 E: W7 u( U
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?6 {, A- B" @9 k' [* r) a& K

" ]) \' r3 s# k8 k- w, _" kL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。: P* N3 V' h% h! J, o# B& L
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!. w2 ?  H; N/ H9 a7 m

. Q( ?3 s+ F8 Q. LL: 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.$ L, g# _2 p4 U5 d- @8 [' Y

; c- W0 p( g; T9 n7 y7 Q- EL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。7 d, Q) ~- k! X2 i0 @: l' V" ?

  Q! A; P7 q2 v2 k7 u6 g. Y! fMichael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。4 f# Z1 v* x; o" s* |; a/ {8 B. o
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