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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。8 r0 G& @: }# J# f0 }, _' l2 N4 z3 @

$ U. q/ w- z7 [6 Z. TL: 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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, K9 s* u; E+ x, m4 Q- SM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.6 Q7 U6 d, p" Y) Y0 _. L: U  Z
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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?" u' }' L8 O) N

! \  x# t* z- W- s6 `# E* WM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( ^6 j, U* H8 G1 ]
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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.4 {5 x! m# L/ t8 H% c, o# t) c& a
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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?) p& t6 L& k( S/ U! B( }- r

/ t7 p/ a( C0 ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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5 t7 F+ w" e) jL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?3 W: L) _2 u4 _; b; p! N

, F; |$ q/ f0 A" y9 HM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 r' j5 l( ^% e$ s% l5 J
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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?
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) `, {% C: h9 l8 z8 xM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.( }& A0 U7 V8 x4 E

! u0 v' O  E% 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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 N+ W  G- d! M; V9 V% r; D; T

+ m+ v( [; K+ `3 v, D. j5 ^L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" ?" u( `' ]9 u% k- f  @: @

3 f# f% I) c$ q7 Z& @# U(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。# W8 m8 R$ ]! p# v+ p: _

" D0 G& g1 Y) p% o3 g: @M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* V% c9 Q. n* {# L5 n% ~7 m2 @

3 a( L  L- \" j& x, e9 }. HL: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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4 n2 K5 c# U7 X5 G( vM: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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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4 E9 [5 k6 b+ x+ r- j2 Y) l* bL: 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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; R' M& n. B4 L4 T) ?M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.  p1 |% }3 Z' `6 p$ k: s

; P7 i3 n$ t! N2 @2 v9 s$ LL: 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?3 w5 v. [+ R# v- ~
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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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( ]8 {5 b% a% f, Y; `L: 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.+ i% ?; l* `- P9 W! \3 Y* k7 o
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 k1 Y4 ~3 k$ Z2 @! q  P

: k/ y7 i2 j" CL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。) b* }- s5 S9 |) v4 B

- X' A! A+ H' a' t# Q! O: B  }M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!$ }, s5 [: g2 V4 I* z, h

: m7 M! q' C) s# [' `+ T$ xL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。# j7 @1 v* {3 M+ _# n+ l
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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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5 ~! f5 \6 r# b: a0 I; N' w* d6 M* `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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  R; Q" h7 H6 y3 O  M! tMichael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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