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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。/ p0 R! c. R- U/ I
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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!4 t0 e; @; o2 I& u8 _# W

/ F# ~0 I& k4 u$ ^, i, e6 t! _7 EM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.! H# N- `: d5 W8 U1 a
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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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( l' ]2 D% Y; V) W1 I7 o, [7 A7 `

9 V3 |* G6 W) I; S6 E3 E1 w, Y0 P& CL: 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。9 g* e" m; d; y

" m% q8 Z0 [8 W( C. wM: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.3 N% F6 V8 X/ Y/ b2 W* a* y, I

+ v: ^' B, \% zL: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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# y7 r) I* f' q/ ]7 H2 f8 f5 g8 KM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?% E  ~5 T' I4 `0 O9 m
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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?/ l3 h9 c) F3 h) M+ j

: Q! q; K: m  F- c% f' M  `$ eM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.8 i' |* L" D6 J5 Z1 L$ ]9 F: e7 p8 \3 w

% n7 i# j1 ^! a6 @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./ t1 ?" ^9 I& O% 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?" b5 k5 M4 i0 P: V

  O" I0 H" Y0 ~' ~, Q" K* M* DM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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% X8 q* h, L, f8 p: w( d  w. @L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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) M; K+ ?7 V" N5 r7 n5 L6 [2 M% S  M(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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# ^+ n. Z- c8 Q$ SL: 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。: S2 w/ h- r+ q. [- k$ |$ P

& C3 w1 u1 _' w$ T4 w7 CM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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# l( a: S" K8 \6 DL: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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4 P" o# I7 h% j6 L: H; {: x+ hM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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- A2 f9 S% H1 C+ q% O4 a  \0 zL: 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?% o$ R# U" j% ~: G( M- @

% c: n8 t) \5 E7 G2 _. R7 ?6 a0 fM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; p! [& i9 l3 u0 o; Z9 K3 N# A# b4 E
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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。9 x/ ~4 L4 U6 j
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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  E* U0 O: G, V) uL: 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?' z* ^( I2 A  M! H! z8 Y  Q' y7 c

2 v8 L" [3 O% f1 r' vM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money./ E; c9 q, K6 F
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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; _2 C5 q, F! ]' EL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。5 H! v7 I3 \  n3 b! m" U

+ S2 e) o" f8 A2 VM: 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。3 l- v  ~- b$ w1 z
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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.
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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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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。
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