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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。' ?5 m1 U, w  P8 v' K

5 g) ]: b; B' j, F3 H/ o1 O8 xL: 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!$ t, G$ a! h) f1 l) O
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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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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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! W9 w% ~& k0 m/ hM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.0 O1 l' {9 b* M5 B+ ~

3 h* g& @# d6 ]. r/ \, I9 R' j  g$ \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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/ @' e5 y+ h( N, OM: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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7 e# I0 h* Y) v  R6 v/ UL: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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0 H9 h; \9 H8 {" x5 g% [$ wM: 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?% X% p5 R0 ^  Y8 {

2 X8 Q, f" J/ nM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.2 S5 `( I7 f3 R; L3 ~0 ^" s: J

# L$ O, |. z1 tL: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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  T) o8 n6 [* g* kM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.) M' p& o  ], b/ X1 T% u# D
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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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# ~+ p/ v- ^4 m4 y

- A& Y5 b9 q$ a5 NL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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# `! [  y  E* j& a: F$ q, \" B(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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( ?1 V0 H  e7 ^' r& N2 h9 r* QL: 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。/ h- ~' |* b/ w- i! ^4 {0 ~
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.3 y" m! b! e- D

' i8 d6 X- ]+ TL: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。& `; q( k0 P. c' j
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money." v/ j7 ?) N0 u/ h/ W: F* I4 F$ O

6 ]* e& s- P3 h7 e9 s, ]: m* X4 o% h& rL: 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., P0 W, a. x; b. a! V& i, O! ]
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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。5 g9 O& u" M  T; @# w

( z' |0 g2 \& Y  o. g) w& O/ w* \M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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2 ^7 p" @+ c4 a& q' P- jL: 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.. I5 `7 ]0 N# m5 |
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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.
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& c( v* X6 u/ ^) O6 `M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?. a4 J7 _- O( H$ m5 q

0 i' v+ u" O- o9 fL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。: y, L4 [3 S  W1 r; _
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 b  T7 t  }& W$ {, y
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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4 c# N9 R8 g3 l: ZM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: L/ m  a: D0 y4 Q

. w, q0 F( c* E/ U; rL: 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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2 c- ~. t! Q6 ~7 kMichael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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