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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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# s0 U) l4 F/ j" D6 {# yL: 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!) }; Q0 j0 W& B4 j0 a( V& `

# t4 t5 ], e5 z; h$ a. PM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.& g7 ]- ^0 s2 C
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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?" b; ?$ m% e) k

8 w- |' e+ a$ Q' S+ g; ?% ^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。/ W! b- T+ a. x5 ?% L3 v

) r* ]4 m" Y! n( eM: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.- `+ Z; F7 n: n: v" p0 n* }
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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?; T/ a+ v8 T. G6 s5 u7 z

2 M. I0 d5 t, eM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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* e' h+ D, ^/ {9 w/ M2 {L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?/ F  ]5 W/ I  h, Q+ j
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) x& k6 C' ?; C# O" e" ^) i
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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?$ m% _7 _+ \7 i& {  {
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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.; W3 n0 F& E8 J8 c
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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?5 A/ ]3 D$ ~9 n" i) ^
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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6 i( z& J9 v" t7 ~8 tL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 l, H% M: D4 V; J2 J
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(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。1 G4 X6 `: d8 I5 A/ g8 N! R
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all." p" ?) r4 h' V1 A
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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。) n3 M4 p+ y& Y0 g* z- ^

( A& v1 [/ a- lM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.' i5 K/ _3 Z7 {) Y' D0 j& b

2 V- |( o) q! cL: 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?" }- i  J- C9 _8 u# K' A
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M: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 h8 j% D0 _; V

' ?( v$ L7 O9 B; X4 x- V5 d. nM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! o4 Q. q" ?, A- N$ X' B5 m! _
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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?- n& Z8 U: ]! F6 o. \$ j4 @3 ?

. E# E$ H" }) y- c: TM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money./ \, M  a2 Z0 L2 l5 b) i

" |% W' j+ x  O' \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.6 x9 }: b( @: y
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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6 ?, A( ^7 P9 W6 Y& P& x8 s9 q; ~* Y. YL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。+ k: w" W! I  y) l/ ]4 A( @

, y$ c# T" D- l) W* ^7 dM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!/ F) T# D: k/ z3 ^8 P' U

( _+ f3 U/ E- b' JL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。) r! L# I0 I/ j9 t( D

2 a3 @; w3 V# f# qM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.& w7 h& L! a% 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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$ v+ g8 g6 {6 {" Q1 NMichael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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