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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。+ j8 i( u0 \% o1 ^" ?

9 M/ d' F9 ^, _1 E7 h4 E! K: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.$ b# P6 d$ a" e/ c% b4 B  l+ l

% R0 b* e2 j# T3 Y% y/ zL: 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 n  r7 n: @+ S0 R- c+ \1 s% x# RM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.+ n0 a; g7 v! k! R& B
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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。0 u: e' ?* m) ~! I. L" V

5 X2 i, R$ l. N% ?& @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.- J* q- R2 g0 D! g
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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?# K* C: }+ _+ Y! g! ^9 r

; a8 C& W4 i; d, p) i+ g4 Y3 C+ G/ @M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 W6 ]  N4 M' \8 t( Y2 h$ z" l

" N: O0 G, B" I! HL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?' v7 N1 E& C! B' O( m9 s+ h& L1 @! W

+ ]7 G% u) \! m4 u. RM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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  y+ Q5 P2 ~& ?# X% l" Q0 oL: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.
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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?9 J1 M" H0 \4 z( t9 C0 a" n7 R
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. k, v: t3 [3 {2 `

& l) o, y# m" ~( k3 YL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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8 z, M+ b, o) r; H* P* L5 \9 D% v(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)9 I/ Y  @- }6 I2 @

* ^' d7 O) }/ S$ E& U/ 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。2 _6 S5 C( Y4 m0 O# u3 Z- w6 b' t

6 a3 }& r% q* ~8 h/ JM: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。
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. u4 a) a4 y  DM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.9 G' n( }( S, q

0 K9 \7 t! J4 M( T: v# B& J# TL: 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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+ @& @4 s, t5 L/ }- m) |M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.& V4 g( t2 {1 \3 A

% `7 S4 w1 |) ]7 QL: 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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: v. [7 ~: d) o- D, SM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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/ v2 ^, M+ o* E! N2 XL: 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?6 S" a( e5 ^: T1 i5 n  k
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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.' N/ F7 _) d: [/ K' o

# t# n* N0 W& I5 W) s: IM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ b  `: T  y& s* ~6 w7 T
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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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5 R+ X7 V; F3 W' w; sM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!  g* W* ?+ S' U6 T4 G

, W; l2 f6 x# j9 I' q" {% lL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 q; y) C9 H5 b# r
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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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# m, O/ H3 K4 HL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。, Q3 f% {4 F! d  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。% C/ E1 o% Q9 E+ k7 o( t9 B8 n% A# f
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