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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。! H$ _  F# \! Z+ `( ^0 W

, t. T* L3 n$ }# y, G- k& @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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! _2 s7 q5 _$ w5 F  MM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.3 P6 o* C/ |/ ]0 v9 G5 `2 x) F
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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?' c" N. L: R8 |9 t* W4 `: J
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.+ ~3 J/ P0 B' S) m
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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。
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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.: W. q. G; Y* G8 C' [2 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?8 d) [% C% X: J# [7 v# u- C

% f+ A& H6 j5 U; v0 a9 lM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.5 @5 `* L6 y! V; Y

9 t, i; S: F( G, [& ?5 L5 nL: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?) a% i! T& b* m, |

+ }, g# |* c; F3 a' T% 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.
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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?  L6 f+ v" v8 B- @) A* j2 N, y

& l0 U+ S5 b, `9 Q( fM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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5 J- v2 B$ d5 t(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)! J" _# d4 J9 T( K/ {

% o& f! ^* B6 e- I* TL: 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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, ^, @6 T1 O, c- m% TM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.4 g7 r& _  v' W" r1 M7 u
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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?
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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。; A+ C5 H) G5 m6 x3 a' n
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.6 v3 h' d# N; I  F
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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?; |8 c8 U2 T9 h3 O( E6 a* f6 |4 r$ ^! u
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.: c1 f9 t7 q  q* A6 ?+ Q- t
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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.# {+ @$ P2 O. `5 V' J0 C

& c  |! h* I  f* \3 uM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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' U; [$ \$ r+ rL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。2 f1 y/ N( l4 X
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!2 ^4 u, k7 z$ a8 y( Z& W; `

' M& U: \- d4 c; e& {% I( L! h8 nL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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" z- ?" k$ P* z& a8 IM: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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' R: C( s! X6 b( S$ }. A* sL: 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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$ Q0 {9 F9 Z5 a) q1 u+ Y& ZMichael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。5 G$ f8 [. C6 J5 J; p% d& L( Y' v
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