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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。2 n& \0 e; q5 P7 Y! ]5 Y

% u) U. ^& {" m. v. OL: 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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$ r, T0 r1 |" `; ZM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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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! `0 c0 \9 ^( B4 N6 k( N; e: SM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 o) K/ d% E4 L6 _
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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.
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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?* G2 N. g/ p, ~  G+ b9 `. ~# o  M  ?* |
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 `8 ^. ^# N# K" `
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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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0 Q1 |+ D  x+ g% c0 J# D8 JM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.4 V1 S/ O) r% D8 p  N

% k1 D7 {6 {7 {' z+ d, k; K4 a; ^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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1 Z  d$ n) S% X- v% FM: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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2 h8 E* {- q5 a  SM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!) |  R2 R: j1 w" X

6 d. h( H3 n# N0 l  b$ u(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)% A* ?9 `5 _0 e8 Q# r3 C8 C- L

. R, ~6 T1 h0 S- fL: 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。. o/ \4 `8 W$ v" r1 y
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.: w" X& H9 }9 ~: H1 B; _, |

+ S3 S" V/ D& b1 TL: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。, K" b7 I+ X. p9 ?) E. C& e

: g- ~1 S/ d+ F# _0 MM: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.
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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。/ T1 Y; W5 e' u: ~$ A1 b
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.5 Q" ?1 e) _$ z# y% @

/ a8 M' k- w1 a2 O% p3 P: \% 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?
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& V1 V. Y$ y+ ?1 Y; MM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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) I) N8 O- z  E$ Y2 [* O' wL: 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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) k& L2 a& S, s& S8 G4 j! PM: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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!3 O$ O9 E6 W2 l8 [8 `6 T5 T6 I

. A1 q/ d1 s; B' q' n" Z8 ML: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ {( z0 ], Z, p* C

$ E) s8 ]  q. i7 ^# I, Z. XM: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。0 U! |* }6 H: {6 j- e: q" i
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