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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。! n( W3 I( ^" f1 n0 o9 y

& O5 `1 q, E, q) U, ?' 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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% N$ C2 {3 x# f/ H# d1 F/ P. @* kM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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& z2 m, @+ J- Z6 |* ?; YL: 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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& r2 ?& P4 L+ G3 T. WM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 e% z0 e8 h0 U& F
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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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1 r( w* j5 ]5 I+ aL: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?3 r8 N3 d, Z2 t: x9 l, C

+ S5 K( m2 \, n( O% PM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?0 h  i. w& ?9 M. m2 t- t5 _3 L

5 {: i; F9 m% `( y) E0 YL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ ?6 V0 C* Y% Y; _" u
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ f* ~9 W+ \8 K; o: h

/ t0 O' W' j* v9 P  PL: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?1 Q2 n0 ]! A5 M3 M; L: B

+ a0 O' m9 d. h& y" O' X/ rM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.6 ?! h/ R, V6 X( }% b

9 k' N8 `! U$ \- o5 W" X# mL: 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?) C6 F) }6 ~& U: p2 p9 X2 c
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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/ T( v8 P  I2 k+ VL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!) F. v" d5 z4 Y3 }

& c/ x+ D$ O: b& ~: B7 C(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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* x* V/ E7 i7 dM: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。" c4 ~8 R7 V, j0 O4 J3 a1 w

7 u6 @+ L9 ]6 h4 x3 h0 k! B  GM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.: R) y1 |! ?0 d2 s3 M
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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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# A& F+ ?" d; d' w1 y5 t% xM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 S) i, c2 J! W, t) r3 _3 A$ E

* R: z- O7 g+ e7 w, ~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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.  ]- c" ~8 s7 b. n& R
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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?- d: g7 |  e% K

) A' z2 k; I5 Y5 I7 `( b; VM: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.  H2 t: Q+ j  h3 m. F
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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, Z: Z7 ~6 w) T1 lL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。; \) l/ f- v6 w) @: n

3 c3 S2 P0 c* l5 h& I6 M) J5 YM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!+ e4 k( q  ^' E

% s% [9 M- h. F  z3 fL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" p/ |& ~+ X& Y6 M

8 S1 h+ ?6 O! y6 WM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: j  K, G* K( P" O8 z/ y

+ |4 C7 z, s# ]& q' L  K+ f1 hL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。3 L! q; {3 u: E' k/ Q7 t
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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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