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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。8 n7 W. M/ u5 S  J
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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!3 m9 P4 S  S8 C- d* K7 x
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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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4 @& d' S- F1 o! ?( m! ?- ?, tL: 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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: I/ \: u- L1 Q: P! r) A: v, |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。& G2 D5 B6 E( ?/ f1 W

3 q- r5 C+ {  v- q, LM: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.% i% B+ Z  R, Q
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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?$ R7 F' {) ^$ c& [* [  F1 Z

) g2 H# }/ f* x- O' J/ n7 u$ `M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?9 h9 ?$ L# h8 W- J" f( Q
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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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1 w. J: b; v2 ~0 FM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ y: G/ k* C/ a5 p
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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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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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5 M; h- I, W$ R$ JL: 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 D* d! A" V6 T9 w8 }; f1 _
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 v* G2 {. H5 V; g

3 p; u, K5 a7 {( ]  @! r* s(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。3 R+ R7 i2 T# E1 V

& r0 k' i! S. X/ s  {8 ?3 FM: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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3 u9 ^* R3 A7 |2 ]; y1 ]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?- u( S8 j) k1 B' ^
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 {5 x1 Y% U& c/ I; \7 D
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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。  e) C) r  Q. l* e1 B7 s8 u( Y

, D  o: q1 ?$ E- S& @: M9 rM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.: E# C  r! \9 {) O3 D. 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?% ~6 [# P# Z" U# ~% [* N$ C

8 T( f# y; O, g: c" i- t% j5 L5 xM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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7 \8 H7 e2 m3 d6 |" PL: 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./ j6 }" Y: p! l

/ T& U% C2 y0 @& A& ]/ x, vM: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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( X) d% u# l) r; |& A3 W: k2 }/ sM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( L$ w  J- _) U) G$ D

; w. w1 a" {2 _$ g) H- c+ VL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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/ W6 b3 l7 w2 ^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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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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' `3 {$ j2 A+ k/ JMichael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。( X8 R/ I# d- K% U- L# W. J  i
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