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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。2 `0 u1 [& e6 E

" B* o4 u  V# G6 q. S; qL: 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 E; N8 b! [, E; C( X+ HM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?1 a0 R6 }( n* [# O
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.# ]; }% h7 D5 d
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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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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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) |* E, Z9 M) d6 s$ PL: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?$ M; W0 L' e! D9 J
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M: 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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4 d9 H1 i( p( Z0 j& {  b5 k( m3 |M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' ?$ b/ H8 L$ `5 P

! D* ^7 d( ?, k+ m1 ~' I( A6 cL: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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: d: r( z" o- q7 G% ^1 p' f/ EL: 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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  F3 Z( g5 j% e: xM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!  B) |; L+ ~$ Q  c3 y. M. m7 U' O

) c( v6 Q2 I6 @* E1 G, S(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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# V0 F7 H/ [) w& z6 U6 a3 AL: 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。; [) ]) O$ v2 e) Z9 }9 g
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.! c  o& u. e, w8 v& M4 n
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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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; i; U+ b$ d" u' K" F) @3 wL: 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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# O1 V3 A$ J+ s+ t. y  WM: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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$ Z* r/ _6 D  ~: d/ E$ hL: 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?7 d/ r0 C% I5 x( n5 ~2 a
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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1 R4 E! z7 O% v% C5 @) P6 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.' A( S# U" l8 I. Q, ?

/ Z4 `2 x+ p* F1 rM: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。' w9 E- i8 R" O. F! `% v  P: x& K5 w

- G% F5 U  r8 X1 n& k+ wM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: d) e+ [1 z' Q  n1 B6 J5 f# X; }, Y

9 \' H+ d: X3 cM: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。2 y+ N  \. s3 n0 G

! W7 {4 H. X2 e7 k* m+ j( rMichael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。9 ]) f3 M( d0 P: H( U: [, q
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