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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games./ v3 j& E' R% [, ^

; @" i; |, A5 z9 G, pL: 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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; B5 S$ m5 W; v, y7 c2 K" nM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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- u. k* n; [! oL: 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。2 ]& x& u1 _2 W/ r2 U

! F$ ]* W/ K$ FM: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.) ~! G7 @& R: C- Z- i4 V

0 D& @5 F* N9 r0 eL: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?1 S: f. _- t% s' l' `8 S

: ]' Y5 s5 v( f9 H$ u; BM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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6 o1 U9 C7 z% F4 F' P$ AL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?2 a4 z2 V- m  `9 A5 v- O5 T
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) G1 D, z) a* q3 c
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L: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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9 T5 g. i. V; v; S! h/ }7 BM: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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9 E! B8 m) p4 L1 l- m0 v6 FL: 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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: }* ~$ u6 [- |6 sM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!  m# A; b5 X5 @: l  U* V

1 Z6 a, q8 d$ sL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!: _+ f+ m- K* k

) t# V* K: x5 q  Z% ~8 D& e" L8 l(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。( J" _" G# C% }( g3 Q* l

2 L$ N. }: P0 Y5 J0 `" Q! I) iM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( o' L+ N' N7 @

  {& b8 v" W6 w- ]" lL: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# e6 E; a  V: _1 j8 ]: M8 s; }

- [1 P- ~1 h+ h: _M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.4 T/ `) u0 G( |" Q  H- \/ e+ k

; s. k$ F, w: S4 X) n7 d& M' V/ vL: 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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+ T5 D; ?: K8 `  A# G/ i" ~  XM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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* ]; w" M9 b2 O! zL: 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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* Q9 }2 P5 j9 C  Y& X+ UM: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?$ n. J9 o0 Q- ]% o/ ], V& }

) ?8 [  d7 k% J) c3 gM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.) }/ ~: u9 G/ ?

7 K7 d0 }8 Z5 V1 D/ \1 W8 J( Q9 wL: 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.3 p0 m# H; v1 U- X
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。1 r$ h: D9 \" }+ I1 b

* {0 ^! s7 \8 g. E" h. [M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 ~9 G  D8 G  E4 \$ E
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: m5 o0 ]2 Y1 d  [- I

2 O4 h) ~- N0 T( w3 @! nL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。+ e$ ^2 }/ p( e$ w8 j) r

; a/ ]+ I- Z( Q5 P2 A  `Michael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。! I" P; {) x" g( X" ?. V
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