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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 x5 U7 r5 }2 s/ |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!9 A1 U5 T! o3 T0 y% y- j( X* g

+ o# b. n0 u# N  Z6 kM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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: V# i0 p% D+ _9 WL: 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?" S6 J! c  H) t2 L
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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。4 v" m5 z' b6 j, c) n# C" `! D$ H+ Z
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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.$ z( t# g3 \* {' |% z% U1 f
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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?; }9 W) T+ e( c4 R  h" H0 X
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?7 [; V+ L. G" l  h, O( O
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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.1 v! K/ P$ t! g& R2 u/ w/ E: }2 X
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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?' q9 M2 A3 G% z* I0 w# c. [4 ]

2 b  [0 [6 h, c/ u9 v: \0 @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.' U6 {! V- |  x" x5 u& E0 s

% Q  D7 n$ Z+ l% r1 F* hL: 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!) \' h6 p0 e7 H
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!. ^% j0 u7 U) B+ Q

- ^, v: ~* {; b3 x+ k(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)5 v9 z3 Z" U$ i- L

9 P, A( L/ d: Q+ _+ UL: 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。
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0 W# Y! m; I5 nM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。# N$ L9 w& m; ]
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.* }" F9 O! Q& T3 D

2 [# M! i5 i- F; H3 p. T1 W3 c4 m* PL: 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?5 s* r' H9 g7 O  w

; K; y$ d! s, e/ c; b9 w, m7 FM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 k$ j' M. K; C. f
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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。
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4 X2 i3 h1 J0 B) E9 eM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* H6 y( q0 l; n7 D4 r! c: E
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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?
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9 J$ C+ D" ]5 ]8 qM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! e4 Z' D. G- ?" Y4 H
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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.7 Z4 G$ O  P0 Q2 [8 g

( o/ W0 }  k3 sM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?! h! V6 M& W' {" w' a* N* `

; J' @3 O3 {' w; R% m& j' iL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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, X) M! g) `7 k- }, pM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!3 R5 @- w% ?8 L& l& ?( k/ T  [

8 v0 w! k* t) j8 ?* KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。1 @& G/ x9 @! Y9 ^1 n4 s
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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.0 m/ k0 b' l; x% [% }0 U1 ?

. Q  f# J+ w3 n2 [2 R  oL: 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/ K* [( f7 N( {+ a; K: x3 o& c' uMichael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。4 W- T( S" \& A3 _! N2 [' O
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