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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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& j, s( `6 y2 @  {3 }8 ]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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: {+ {8 d9 R3 e. @; JM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.4 `4 H7 E) f6 ~1 |7 Q# a- ~
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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.
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) [! x* d$ [* }, dL: 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。, @4 i. M% T, Y$ @
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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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: q3 `! Z; R' i" |3 Q6 h' H3 N1 \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?" Z; }! S- M& S3 I. J8 ~2 }

3 p% ~  d5 @# x5 z8 f, Z8 ?M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?7 H, A7 Q; r& l' I4 H: M! c) b% S

: Z- m* w. I# E" |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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! u9 j: N5 m* g( H  t9 J$ JM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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2 R* t- Y. c. W9 l2 N$ d# [5 DL: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.+ A0 t& _; D6 M) K2 K! y7 x
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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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% P: `4 x* c' T7 T. U) A7 K% zM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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" E/ n$ ?5 [( H# E5 r& ?L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!& B4 h2 F8 r& s- J
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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. d; M* c* x( c0 @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。# u" f  v! C: c( {) F8 s
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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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0 j2 q2 O& O0 k8 Z6 f: p+ \" d: bL: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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4 e( |# m9 k( r& \" ]M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.& Z' G- X* @6 ]: h* a& N7 ^

  H2 R* q6 n* q/ g' `3 zL: 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?* H, T) M, z  ?- q: ?

8 g) `% q) d$ ?5 b8 n& T  M# eM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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: j6 f: y$ j3 W$ @2 BL: 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。
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+ w* o5 t! r$ B, v" vM: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?
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5 U1 b; J6 V. y1 a% B0 _) X8 m# Z5 QM: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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?* x* K9 ]2 e0 J

/ H8 _$ t* v! FL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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: l1 ^7 M4 {. M1 g7 E5 o% QM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! ?0 k5 r% c  k1 W

  ~9 z. \9 [  I  hL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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, \: J, l3 \2 F" HM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.  y* V& o( r5 t& ~9 Y; j

1 R3 n. H# m' R) L  @0 B0 BL: 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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/ Q4 K! ?1 P) U% ^7 UMichael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。2 P6 [, x9 i, o6 f  `
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