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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!
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* t# @( Z" u! P( sM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.+ {& H; h! b/ v- l! {. u+ Q

, u4 H6 e' h9 W+ w9 B' yL: 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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' R: L  K) G, e8 G- Y) R" HM: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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. {; A5 _  X; D+ J) k0 @( iM: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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/ I, ^5 \' P  Y8 j" k% dL: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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) S# g; @' p) F" Q$ P4 ^0 m  yM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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  H9 o& T- q2 h. T4 RL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?, c- [1 O* X4 E: U- O3 }. _

% l) H, k& E4 u! l' O9 W! d, NM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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) @( G6 [& K( M% D0 U" W, JL: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?9 }+ q& x& z6 A3 `$ Z6 r2 j2 R
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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.1 O  i1 f0 A6 o' ^; u
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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?5 `$ M* F- r5 d& B

: \! S( p: L' `- Z1 L, C7 N, N( ZM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: z9 t( J( \7 v! z) }
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!+ V$ Q) y: Z% z) C% s% u# b/ U

! }9 l3 P* a% h" j(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)$ v, j. M) V$ y  D) K
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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。3 }0 o3 `, Q  P

% X4 n5 D7 t9 `7 \- S! VM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.9 i/ D( K9 g. `( q6 |6 m. \

: ~5 T4 ^/ z/ v  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。
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2 V  ~; a. \" o$ ~- a1 ^M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.9 s( t. e' r# n) E- |/ \
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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?7 j* Y, R( @# k& m$ E% ?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.# E% G/ k. v8 `2 U* n; z
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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。( P( i2 i. N3 W. i) M5 z& Y

" V' \0 U" F5 f9 WM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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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7 [2 j5 H& o2 c& B; qM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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" ?6 \3 C; G" w; d2 BL: 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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  t+ X4 M1 P- a! g, c; OM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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1 F' o% \, v3 }/ G+ Z. OL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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* N( v9 q& o9 @( v! N/ i: wM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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8 R# j) m. ~( J& I4 NL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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" l, R, n- u( D& m: xM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.6 B: n$ b; v6 ~- U; j+ g2 J

; g+ A' ^  L6 a7 q, `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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