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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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7 C+ _. c' V5 Q$ ~3 jL: 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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* ]# o" ?6 g& n' a7 |  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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" X; e$ v5 |6 t( vL: 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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& L- E$ r7 q9 P* |  `$ q/ _8 t/ A1 kM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.5 Q, D; l& h! |* W4 G5 z* o
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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。8 g& B( C1 V4 _7 k2 N9 K4 I) w4 r
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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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% ?7 R  \4 P3 ?. BL: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?5 I$ @$ R) n9 z: O- q. q& `/ z! h% m8 e

+ L: R6 u7 L  ?- [/ \8 q( AM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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7 z8 W+ a4 b2 g3 @" PL: 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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' O3 S$ \9 M+ a2 q( x2 d  uM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.6 h$ q* Y: r2 U# w9 Y* e4 G
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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?4 @8 F. q( P7 ]/ D2 F( O
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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?& _9 N+ ^% w$ X; u
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 |2 }7 i& L! w% P1 M& o/ c' `% O1 V
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!9 q$ q1 h: R0 r' X9 B4 `
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(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。0 ]% z" w5 \: ]: V) U
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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1 G/ j, t1 ~. i4 ^& L$ F" j( _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。' V. `  ]2 J, m

7 [# O) V6 g3 _9 [7 h) z+ I2 O' ~% yM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?8 h+ M. O- a4 F: F2 N  N! ]
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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3 F7 l8 a- f0 EL: 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.4 Q: h) q, A' c/ M2 f5 |- d

& \8 \6 n8 @! e2 R1 a7 ~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?; l6 W! N: ]- h( N9 M' D* z

- z5 u0 M: I6 Y0 vM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.$ K! ~: s; f9 R' A( X6 O* I. ?

' c. U0 i+ g) U8 \: Z. OL: 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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. k. W, C# t; p" [  a$ q8 ~M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?) g, H6 _6 t, K5 G
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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。
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M: 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。) S: i! U1 S- x4 b) n& U, [* y1 d
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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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+ {" K& F* ?! L4 CL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。2 l+ _& F4 ^1 U/ ^4 s# n/ G

6 j1 g! D9 I8 I& ?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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