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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。( F* x1 I; c) i# I7 \
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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!; n* L# F: {& l! Y; @/ E, _. S

. Z3 p2 h* Z  r( _: J& EM: 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?! i, ?; ?0 E, k; ?+ p# q7 z

5 o( X: J: d. ]0 A; F% z) E7 fM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& Y% E. A0 o+ x( i
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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。/ z. e  a8 B" c! f
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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.. }  T: P1 ~& R8 u) k4 Z+ y

; Q2 k- Y1 q0 O2 RL: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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?0 x4 a* ]& h& x' h5 B, j
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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?# h' b/ H* K$ C" s6 B, i) B* R
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.; F" w% d4 J8 v7 J

, K, b, R: ]. C  UL: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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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?* q8 j6 t* Y' j" G/ Z+ @
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!+ N: l% h4 J! Y$ E' m: i5 z  ~4 n
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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# t- q/ A+ G6 d% h" Q3 |$ {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。) e! ^0 {9 @/ i
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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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+ ^, ~) n( }% e/ @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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6 n& }1 ?" c# D% YM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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# @* f8 @) a. b2 E0 mL: 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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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。) y/ F5 ?9 v: x6 p% m" |
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.7 r9 [/ c2 d% R7 d; ^' q
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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?9 P( i4 ]: j- r, e9 r" t4 k5 z2 h
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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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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.1 N; f  V, @5 o
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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5 e+ K5 p% r7 _- i; p) \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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* Y! q  C" v. |3 oM: 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。
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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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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。6 Y3 ^7 F6 j" H! s0 d# U
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