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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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/ R& h0 A& I  ^: i' g  N" S: ^6 zL: 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!4 X6 j% E. {2 G7 k+ X
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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.2 {, {& {) M  b( s

0 ^0 I/ H/ R3 e3 d  {$ u) jL: 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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$ G  p7 C! u, b5 y, T9 _4 S  eM: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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, F5 b# `9 t* z% pM: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./ W% s$ i  |1 z! ?8 ?) [5 R6 b3 p

# h$ O! a5 {$ `: X% E7 Y6 xL: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 @& P; B; o+ y; i. V  f

  |, {: K2 W$ H4 EM: 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?. }  Q7 `, \! e; t% M9 W2 f

, W: @. w* t7 K# y) @6 U3 q; @M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." E0 U. i! ^! u7 W% I2 l/ Y

. k+ C: G3 A4 s( d+ ^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.: R9 m, e4 G) P0 c

3 {" ^8 P7 @% m$ x) \" R/ aL: 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!& O" g0 _7 w" `( Y  g( V; S

! l" f1 L  C( C( W; B! x6 |/ ^4 p- rL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!  Q$ x4 Z3 f$ F4 I2 }

# e$ {7 R* E2 d( u(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)( ^0 J3 T& m: I: Y8 W  D+ c
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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。  x& q1 M. W# m3 W

3 N( M% `# z) h' c8 l7 S0 h' F: h, XM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 D  {' {( W- ~: g6 s
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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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; T7 O3 `: O- \! I+ B$ p% M2 GM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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% V: L/ y* U5 zL: 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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" j% t5 H% C, X* z1 L0 SM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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: @. R( B9 f" f/ }( pL: 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。: ?: N+ I- J; G- g
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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5 o. M0 q% h# I# n5 bL: 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?$ y# x( E* q: j$ ?. ?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money." L3 ?1 u: N1 h+ h6 ?

* A1 j6 Z$ s& Q6 U1 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.7 @5 p% j% L5 t4 Y* P* n, Z! Q2 x

2 p) ~8 B6 j7 N! n4 [M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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# w+ M5 Q, A3 n( w/ \4 \L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!; n/ t  N0 l+ r9 z+ H- d2 R

6 ^# Y0 U3 `* }9 C- ?L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。9 G' C- X9 v/ l! r3 u# H
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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.
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) }' k7 z, x8 E$ wL: 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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