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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。9 [3 X* K, R7 P3 g* x
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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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, v! }" q: X/ M1 E$ QM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., m$ Q# D- t! i4 M( 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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  g: K- W; d4 k! x, X& R9 ^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.
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" L0 K8 e1 _/ w6 S& T) tL: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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* X2 ?; g( r7 G- S; K1 C# JM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?; A5 F, k( }9 X/ e/ @( G" X# ^- U# W# t* ^

8 R, T+ A3 X) P' ?" P5 l, aL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?5 g- Q2 W/ G8 s' X
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- R1 V$ _! @0 c4 ?; _) B9 S+ w
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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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4 R1 d0 E4 X5 {5 b" m3 x) _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.' g5 S$ O: ~* p% r% [
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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?- j/ u; ^3 ]' V% I5 q0 v

5 j2 [- W; S  G3 P, XM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!& p9 b/ D( N# _9 O7 Z9 C& O: h) j
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)( b, h  `7 `& _# R# S0 ]
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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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! c1 ~9 i$ J4 @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。1 T( |: P3 }; B8 y

6 W8 D+ z% B# v7 y# }/ JM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.3 Y3 R- b9 P' P
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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?* y3 o" K% H9 r. G

* I: K3 D' a! M4 {& V" h' PM: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。) ^, H! A. d' s( d7 ]1 B
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.9 x( ~9 w! c& W7 w6 l
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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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2 u% s3 B6 F3 IL: 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?' y3 Q6 @1 a% }* S, h

7 B8 K* ~9 e$ OL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。, Y: K: I& r/ D  y/ {
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!. [/ ^  ~( C( r9 t2 _- `

" }8 ]% J3 J/ u9 q  S* z% N/ dL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。  F- [3 i& Y# z) H( w  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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$ _' [& v- u7 v. f7 {, U# v0 UL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。! X  s* e2 G+ B: F% G. D
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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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