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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。! F. X; E  B& C, U9 |
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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.
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  f. y: \0 b, A- f+ rL: 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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$ ]& }' Q( w! o9 Q* w9 QM: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。  \- }* c) r$ T4 ~  X6 q+ H; O
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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.8 L+ {& }: Q0 ^2 W' h- M6 y
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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?
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! e  f$ H& L: l# y5 I, t  C  |M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! d- Z" N$ }+ X8 A+ m0 G+ B
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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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% D0 M/ B- J9 t% Q' U/ {! E. b  lM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.  t! m, K$ m; @  L! I
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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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3 Q5 m. z6 C: dM: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?
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9 s- Q$ v5 W4 _4 r+ ]5 oM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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+ T2 {$ ?( X$ H; K3 k' U+ h! Z; kL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!: X0 a" u/ G& a
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位): S1 i, L% q8 B4 \$ Y
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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。8 n+ N/ x8 r! V
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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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L: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。! j- M9 f7 J/ W' d, y4 U  I
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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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5 A' c7 X# e0 u3 K! XM: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。5 X9 D+ }2 N: m& w6 P+ v
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M: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?0 P% E  v; F+ b* R, t
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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.: ?7 |! [5 e& e) B6 n0 d

$ C: C+ ^  ?& P8 e. E0 GM: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。+ k8 A/ a+ Q0 h$ z  l

6 K+ u; a: o% d: M& s" F8 m  sM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!- j, @+ M) N0 }
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。4 `3 P3 z4 ]+ n' H- M' R

1 C) t/ N  Q  j9 k1 DM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
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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。
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7 U$ s- _' d' n6 pMichael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。; B' S6 D) X; |8 ]3 S+ ]
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