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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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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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; {& ~  @+ l& M2 {M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.3 N3 H. u; L: Y" U6 S5 \/ I

' R9 H% \( z. c% @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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& \& L; t5 \* ]! iM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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' w( @/ r( L9 C3 p- LL: 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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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?$ g6 X" g* v$ e
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M: 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.
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' I0 ^$ A3 u7 O8 ?4 LL: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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; X) M, B5 [' ^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.3 Z( R# m$ G1 m5 M" r. m; M; 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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, h! g. |$ Q8 w  m( D" ]$ rM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: I* T+ o& C0 @9 q0 p
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)3 a: X& e. K* E, J
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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。
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1 ]( ?9 ]* j' ^; ~M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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7 E9 n# r6 ?7 Q0 GL: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。- B4 O4 D( j% t5 ]+ g
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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$ b8 p7 F+ P! x/ eL: 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?9 X" t2 W8 ~. A3 d
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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。
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# \/ \' p9 d" X( I/ f* X1 K1 [M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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. r2 O" X: O4 E  s4 L# W6 k: LL: 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?' N6 Y  p8 a6 `2 o0 }
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.% g/ d% h: T5 F, J1 k- l
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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.9 h8 S% R) E% \" F2 |6 t4 d$ D- y

- d* p" p& `9 P7 c* S' b: \! OM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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5 n8 N8 b8 k& l& T% I3 [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!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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- G# b1 R( s, K5 ?( R- OM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.4 m9 {' a- r6 f# u: q4 U4 v2 n% q4 z

0 x3 I+ B! t+ B& wL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# Y5 E5 m8 x5 B' p# {

4 ?" s8 _9 C: B# f% Y7 U8 FMichael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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