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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。+ U* ~% ^# D4 J2 g/ O, O

( C+ ]# D( A$ O; N' WL: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.6 U' C0 q7 g) K& Q

1 U, a- J, J5 P: o* M) t. S8 nL: 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?% a0 a, m4 v- W& @

# [/ N9 j5 g" ^5 Q5 _M: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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3 `; }- }/ i; K6 J0 I% ZM: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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/ t0 x% N1 d( H4 E2 ^- m  {: m( ZL: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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& I9 \$ {# z0 c. V# j8 C2 q- \& SM: 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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.. G9 `5 ~3 V% A" B

6 z: K; W0 }! B% ~0 f" H  BL: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?
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* j! D$ s; f$ F7 u' p- t! zM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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5 c" [+ Y  X+ d. j! P* oL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)0 h' t+ Z4 V) p5 E5 q) G

0 `1 S' g* s3 ~& e9 z* [# JL: 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。4 j& @  F1 K9 s% j; ]

( ^) T/ p. |: x( YM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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# x5 f. J+ ]9 U- DL: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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$ E: ~' Q' A. D% U; {$ T3 m7 o( lL: 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.0 e8 [/ f( h5 O1 h" A8 J5 x9 T- o

! _8 R8 M* R) W  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。* r! i! r& q+ \* a) B, i9 b

) l0 R0 V- U) J) Y& ?0 Y+ @* KM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& c0 y( r7 w& [% S; U/ X) R' b
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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?/ X9 l; U6 d4 @2 w6 \
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 c* ~* ]* O- ~
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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.2 M3 b- L5 T9 k
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?1 R9 T# L6 R, ?" E9 a

4 l; ^4 Q& g& `( a: BL: 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!' g: H5 O1 F' X1 U8 K; E

- L4 t" `+ L+ a/ u) L: s) eL: 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.$ }4 R0 I2 y- ?  X' k
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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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( A  I4 f3 B, {' f- N0 L+ d0 hMichael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。/ z) H: o5 z) O5 {" `; _/ K
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