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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!* k& a8 d5 }2 P. n4 P0 u, H3 y
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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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* [, ~  b, }% Z; w% w) i0 OM: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。( O3 C" m! Q9 y, g9 V

/ g! b6 y$ g/ t# hM: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.0 f) a4 l, }# ^' C

1 g4 E  G* l5 g6 @5 cL: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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' j: t. t  M8 oM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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/ b5 g, g6 t/ DL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?4 E# k( P; G/ \' d4 T

( ]4 O9 s2 @0 u( JM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.5 f# o+ ~5 o6 Q2 ?: s' P1 }5 ]

4 G' u  X$ w8 K6 g% SL: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?: f8 ~" T: k- y2 D/ Z

6 x3 o! A( {- @" v: l, S. d5 AM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.- H0 k6 }+ }' ^$ Y% [. L
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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?- x4 U  w7 I1 m& _4 i
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!" d' t/ ~9 o0 j3 y# j$ f, K7 N- G

3 ]# O. M% \$ H4 g' s: ~1 c; s% o' `L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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9 L0 i" X' K+ C/ A8 y(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* V( ^  g6 l, n2 ~- W8 G
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L: 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。* `1 {6 [' @1 L* @# {

$ L$ ?8 y6 j% W9 v0 yM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* |. N  [! o$ [, f
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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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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; g5 u) C! f, n! R- kL: 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.+ a* }" E' R1 m2 \7 J$ H$ e
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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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.2 {( }. Q3 M- 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?; h! x4 d% l' e, q8 j: M

% h2 i. c/ b  ^+ `8 TM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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) y5 ~+ r( `4 @/ f8 |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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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。
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- ~% ~! n- [, d# kM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!* a3 Q) N2 q% B
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L: 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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" N% s! f: V$ T# p) a, hL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。: F. @4 O4 W, x1 g( [

: c) I' M9 C& q: t  s: b3 Q1 FMichael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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