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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。$ M+ J- s: M$ r0 s! W# s
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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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! @, L1 f$ w+ y; q7 s9 ]M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( o6 ]4 U3 a# G3 z  C

7 P$ L* _, [5 O# c0 ~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?! ~6 f/ L4 e8 K6 J) g. K: e6 j' ~
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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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4 K2 K/ B5 w4 f0 U- EL: 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。, s% s$ e/ y1 Y' B

$ x1 Q" r& F2 E  XM: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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, N6 T$ h' ^6 e* i" |8 a8 L% GL: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?  s1 {" m* W8 b) I" }$ p6 m1 P
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?% m; }! }2 w$ g% ^# O- u
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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?; n- T$ c0 e; c
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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5 v1 \: C7 c3 ]" S- u. Y, JL: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?' Q; R4 Y2 l) m* n% d' s# }
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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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! W5 ?9 [* {& VL: 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!8 W) g8 l( q- u. U
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( A& k# y7 f3 e( k* T, r6 x- \$ \
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 O$ Q. _* O- C3 }

5 P$ B* f4 j8 t5 O- r/ AL: 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.
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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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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?" F  x* ]4 \- |- F$ g( n
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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. Z6 n& l+ s$ m+ H" G) yL: 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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. R' m1 r. d4 ~$ k) R# QM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.  W/ ^+ Y! C' i
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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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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.0 v4 c/ O4 M0 T% I& S
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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。0 l1 H$ K. y" T; ^1 A
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。0 G0 P2 I& i# D. c- n$ w6 D# Y; H" _  t

& G4 i" R+ E4 o2 ^# h$ t' V) V: l/ nM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.8 R( I7 `4 m4 m, ^: r/ L+ ~9 h
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L: 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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