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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。% C4 {$ a1 r2 m& {0 b" M

7 {  }8 G- L: C# d$ T" 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!# C) J+ n8 ?( S4 F6 T
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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.) ^# j1 j% I" a$ d2 o0 p: j

( p5 U' P+ H2 p) r; dL: 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?4 j4 E8 q2 R: ~  t& V9 ~- |; w

0 R- I, r: \" GM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.5 u; q# K/ U1 K% h7 g/ k' _

2 I8 ~2 D: E7 D8 F' s# _& ~, VL: 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 k( p; \) J! f" P7 vM: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.8 C0 X$ M5 t. c: H4 n' ?6 {8 p. p
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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?* }& ?( f7 O" F9 ^1 o3 y
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?# d& c! m! `0 K! J/ I
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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.
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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?
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' l! \9 I7 j4 p1 M$ l$ m* e; GM: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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! h2 |2 e8 Y4 V5 T. }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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 o* B. H. k) b( z) J
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 i* L- D! b# O2 e$ ?
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)2 w/ E6 u  ?" o. U7 A! ~

. H% C4 F% F6 ^8 Q' ^. LL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( e, t" d8 B, n
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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。2 f3 n' m8 a- ]. g  B
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.$ }$ E. T2 H+ x& k0 T
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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。- G5 J9 I" q+ Z+ r9 \' q  `5 |' V
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* Q8 ~3 s" ^; u! b/ J  x
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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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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& |# ~) d3 }! ~  O; gL: 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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, z* u: E- H3 C/ K+ d" O( T

7 _2 F  ^  v! s6 f/ fL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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/ f; E# d7 S& V7 l. w/ V& HM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! ^, l8 n: o4 d; J8 u& @* r

/ y, }% I; M) m# g  \" XL: 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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  u$ V5 q7 R- j9 J. z: Z  N/ \2 kL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。! T2 v& a* q3 v6 X) ]) L. r

1 u3 h  K$ k" p( o# l" u% a  X' 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。
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