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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。- _4 g' N* K7 ]5 o" c2 `

* a" c) O% C, v7 zL: 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!) ~0 v- T6 Y6 V9 z

0 a$ ]% Z+ o6 c2 t2 F0 sM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 d( x& d, ~/ m- X- W8 g
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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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& a. V$ _) X4 S4 r! J8 J+ n

2 @. o8 w' c, s& ]$ B% }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。
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M: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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8 h, D; j9 e+ }) x9 m) \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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 {1 i7 m2 O- Y

& r; u8 g) a% Z/ l( T* \- DL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?/ a" ?6 Y+ u1 b( t# k( I2 P9 e" D8 M
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.3 T: c0 ~" W+ D: j; O

& b. Y  y1 u' a% m) S7 zL: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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( ^& c+ `( Z7 Z- Y( FM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.. @( N1 l- ^: ^  r) h% ]: ]3 I& y

. y6 [* e/ J; p6 mL: 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?! Q. L5 h2 `% Y8 I

' N& M; U: B) V' M. j2 C0 F4 L. ]M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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8 x( h% {' t: [) LL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)6 {& y& G  j) V' E

% l( o" P8 h. U# a- b. G1 K4 WL: 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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$ U# u! k* G0 B8 o/ M6 [( Z. j+ ^M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all./ [- o" D* W; @1 ?' X+ x- M0 v

+ @. t6 Q: ]" mL: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。- v  ~* h, `  G7 g

8 i1 a9 N3 D' y* R+ Q9 {! o" zM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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) h: x3 Z& X6 Z. ]. x) |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?+ ^3 f# K. ]6 R5 P9 N  y/ ~

' {% H. J0 v, ~5 n8 LM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.* D, V; Q8 d- s! c0 g) T

& R# v. H2 K# S  C4 X; jL: 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。. a8 ~  C1 P; e3 I$ h  [, X( I6 f

5 i4 t" q  l+ {% PM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?9 Z0 {4 W4 o8 V! h
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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.# D3 ^4 M' G+ l5 G0 t1 s) W- M

; u; W  _, s  u; l) \0 x$ q1 pM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?" V) C% F! R( f. e( C
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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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!5 y- F) M1 f* r; @: \: N$ _  [! M! {

, x9 T4 h8 Z0 _  RL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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9 }8 ~/ K( \& b# \2 ]% lM: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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& w/ @( _1 w2 s0 x: J+ X1 R# bL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  n" B2 }& O3 M0 o

3 V& t$ h1 k( bMichael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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