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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。% {8 Q$ J9 y: k5 @1 G7 v8 I0 p
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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!  q1 j7 L+ }9 W8 Q! y
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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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8 }1 a9 g" F, V* C5 H- R; _4 o  aL: 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.2 ?* o( ~, U. t! K

7 H2 }! V) N; M) iL: 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.1 T! H( \$ C  o: b8 }5 Q0 ^

3 h# F/ z0 y/ P3 A8 R7 o! Y/ g7 oL: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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8 g1 D5 ^6 ^1 U! QM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?  \& a* {" P2 g$ G: b3 }5 Y

! w! l! C3 [* {6 @1 dL: 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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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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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.
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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?2 E/ y4 g  |6 d6 U5 H

0 y8 T5 W- z( F. {; F* J0 Z6 x2 E6 O5 BM: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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2 V! S; z" r7 m: P(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。. w9 i+ h3 \: N1 @( J  q3 D

; `4 n# a' e5 Q! {1 ^: j' vM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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4 K! A& F8 V4 L3 H3 |, z9 M! C/ YL: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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: ^- H4 P( N" h0 ^5 `M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?7 u9 B" k- m2 K; \. E: f9 {
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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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* b" m: G5 }% e# dM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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) @7 d; y4 f2 K8 p8 c6 gL: 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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- s. [# F( X( L7 m- p# }M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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8 I7 ~4 V: M% c% P- x. B  ]; X$ vL: 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.& W5 `) |$ P2 m7 R: a# A+ N& k/ ~

* \! U  v: q9 `; q8 U+ WM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?  R' e2 U; Y1 d! M7 y# ^2 j2 Y4 h

6 J, M- H7 C. u  ]* y, G  Y# TL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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& t9 s4 Z& I5 ?  K4 rM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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4 v  d' v4 \9 |& C8 `L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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7 S  T3 ]$ N  z3 t1 G+ Y- lM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.  _0 j$ [# {0 y+ l) s  ^, e
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。5 X0 H) Y3 V- a9 }/ b

; v. t2 R$ s0 f) tMichael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。: E' ~+ e: Z6 s7 n7 W
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