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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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& B6 j4 j* I8 L& mL: 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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5 Q* d* @  P- ?% z9 \* ?7 UM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( F- `/ e2 k% Z! G- C
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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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6 j! l$ {) l. H  F0 m. IM: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。
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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.! T: W9 @1 u, ^2 V) F( ?# x
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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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3 l" d8 Z& t2 CM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 l* C# I/ v! b- S

- `8 H8 m+ T) _3 y: cL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; J! f3 D& n$ ~8 Q0 K; M5 W

! {* m- F7 k9 i5 O. a) PM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.& i  i& V9 [3 C% I) w9 k* q
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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?! C: w' Z, R9 s; G: E* K
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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.5 j+ F: o0 I7 `' x" S  G

- y  G1 b" Z( z* n- }2 zL: 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?& D7 j$ P# G+ H  o2 O+ Y3 Q
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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!% N) E/ Z- P5 X/ ]/ G; M7 a. o+ w9 i( j
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(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。
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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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/ ?9 x% z% u: c1 W7 j  _0 i3 SL: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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! g0 ?6 w) H1 q  d% Q: ~" c7 @! m- VM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.% ^9 L: ^# k$ B' W, ~8 \$ L# W
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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.# F* O* D+ R. Z$ n# w1 C' v

, \- v+ F# k% c  ~* r: F* T/ d8 o7 cL: 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。7 \# C$ h$ H& h( ~0 w/ s

4 m. L# l6 r, w; G' j6 lM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too., W1 X. Y1 d$ d/ k) ]6 T
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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 o( x5 U  d3 V( F! n5 n
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?- x9 L- q* A  E5 s

, u% k, w5 A9 E5 w, F* }L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。2 Z- k0 Y3 `# Y/ m
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!* i' a3 ~3 O+ c& X
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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& _9 P& a" M. G% O3 [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。$ k+ s- i7 F4 {( J! ^2 C

. ~- {" S2 k* G2 z2 ]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; A: v( m# O1 U: J
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