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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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) \' X% L, r/ t9 ]: L$ cL: 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!" o; t* U  I: d/ S. {* {

7 b6 v& o) ^7 G. ~: Q+ bM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.- D6 Q" G4 r4 ~: ^* u2 T

# l* Z1 Q% k$ f# QL: 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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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。% a3 V1 e! C8 A. b

1 _- W: p( N0 t" CM: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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. W5 v- p+ P0 x- N8 r, IL: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?& L4 k$ n6 W& Y( Y- p

. }6 A+ }& u# ^M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 l7 F( C/ x5 o* p3 n/ l% g
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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?6 B9 C& i0 [! n$ ^

, Z* H* P' T3 J; ^9 EM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.& z1 I6 h( ?7 q0 f$ `. ?
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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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9 {' g; R# ~# L- p6 Q. Y& `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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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( Y: F9 p( Y1 q  P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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3 Z. u9 M7 F; bL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 j  Y$ e* o5 K8 O

) x% b! ^  r& p0 R9 kL: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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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.* i" o& L2 L. T$ `8 v3 L' f

2 Y! i5 {! Q3 V6 j6 B# s4 LL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.6 |' w- ]+ {$ U/ @- M0 f
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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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M: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.$ u" l* }# d: s% j) D
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ C- f* |, ?( f
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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。' x% f0 z% {; T1 ~

. W5 t8 ]$ m4 CM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!) x0 R1 @. m* A. C
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。* o8 V& k. y* F# E# C
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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.: h7 j$ x$ Z3 x8 F

6 @2 W7 X" H! u" Z+ xL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。8 \! ~6 V( B9 h/ ^8 @5 \

+ v% F- A! e  D& C4 Z# p' u' EMichael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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