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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!: |+ _/ {' m, E
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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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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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.- B0 U3 _$ J4 w& C( H) O

6 s. `" ~" |, W& T6 ?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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5 L' @0 j! k1 `7 X4 `' P1 k4 w: IM: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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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?6 p; C& H2 d7 c$ T
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M: 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?' h, O1 G9 p. u* H; B8 P% \& z

* _% i8 V0 c: H  H0 s/ _  a9 IM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ p8 d: F! z  s4 L& q$ g$ {4 |) A+ W5 O

/ W% t4 u* e. V+ N3 F3 _) r- R& CL: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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( L$ h) s' ^+ ~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.% e- R( P7 y3 k

0 q5 ^( Z) f8 B$ i: LL: 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!
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6 H9 B! M5 w$ Y, N4 c0 wL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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0 i- b3 v7 ^, `(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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! E8 A4 c1 y4 H( bL: 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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2 n" [$ w# ?, {: e1 O5 V3 TM: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。
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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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9 @* _) ?5 ?  {  yM: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。3 K5 n# U& m5 W% _1 B3 s, \
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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9 P) ^0 e& E0 ]& I) `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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.) [* i2 }5 g9 ?1 o$ h9 Y
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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.
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+ H8 N  z- C8 }  EM: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。( F. h8 B9 L4 e

2 P( y) J9 U8 nM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, L! k. u% u' I1 C, i3 v! j
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。& [/ N; f* N7 F1 U! Y3 d, |1 }

4 I' V) v  P% C  c! V. }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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* h/ N9 p" o8 `9 q8 ^, ^3 ~( 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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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。
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