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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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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!
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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.
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' I; z" ?6 p1 v5 Y: lL: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.2 A; w9 I7 e( R4 Z0 F" @, 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。: @8 F, C; w: `0 ]

3 n5 B  I) W' g2 Q& g* WM: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.% \  p2 m: T8 v) |# L
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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?
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% P. u1 v. x+ V. ?! K" c& b  DM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?; P. J  ~% I  |" C, R

7 e* w2 ]% Q6 m7 X$ b% }+ ]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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* z; m7 c( p% g( r8 V& Z- GM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.1 s% C* O0 I8 h3 K; c0 {+ M9 m
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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?% f+ S! a) [. V) _
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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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! U: h& M# m0 I. e. t" L: G) KM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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: Q3 m( b# \5 S% QL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!3 ]! l$ W+ n8 z/ U5 W
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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; Z6 i+ a& G6 q) u- RL: 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。; q2 ?- a: P9 V- {3 Q% C6 N- k

2 s% g; Q3 m; A1 w8 uM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.& ~" u/ c  O% f! s* Y9 M
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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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/ O1 }+ A* d8 V/ }: ?8 s0 J! _M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.( s) H# v+ J8 A, ^$ U
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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?3 w: z. w7 r% N: x

4 s9 Y( M& Y# x3 p) Q0 |! L! }: wM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) C+ k* k8 `3 l5 A  \: }
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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。9 q( G: U" f! q- @

, N% n9 t7 s6 S8 J# R$ LM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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& V9 z3 j+ A% j! b6 c$ N6 D" ]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?
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: O, ]$ d% Y, w( lM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 G& X, m$ Y1 H6 f% D; w+ @/ \

( T- l7 m+ B5 c: aL: 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.4 N( S; E  c- k+ _7 c
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M: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。3 d  T5 E" l) H/ o3 U5 ~5 S
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!3 [3 }) N# v- _% y! C# a8 a
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: U3 [4 @" O/ _4 y

7 N, p1 |! n. B# r- kM: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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* f" ?% i4 p. w3 O0 }* e4 J: WL: 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。9 U8 S% }5 P! X3 G2 l9 U. s% S; O
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