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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。- i: W! G/ X, D- f8 e4 U, ~

* I8 X6 q/ J) t& 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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; q) m' p, k/ A; _( IM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.- H% m2 d( ^& N2 T* ~

7 D& B/ ?6 m; j4 {8 ]# u' X. l: \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?. f' K& K3 U1 m7 B
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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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* X0 S" [8 m0 ~/ OL: 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。5 v* K; @+ p  k  r
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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./ `. U- T; k" j, {

  @( W- H7 ]2 a3 GL: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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- Y" {' Y) o) L% R
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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?* f4 y0 ~: a. A) [; @5 A9 s

! K( e. L2 I8 a/ J5 V: NM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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7 q3 h1 e! H4 g- \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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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?
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0 d- L9 j/ N) U$ F6 bM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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  y6 y* q+ Y% J4 K(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。; C1 f7 {% j& d! B: ]
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% p( a( H! `$ r& |- M

6 e: F2 i* `# \! d; {* i) r3 oL: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。: ?& v( M+ t! x9 Z! y
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M: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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6 e  G' M+ \9 K. j7 |& w9 t4 `- JM: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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.( u0 {, |- t3 O, e: W: L6 g' B
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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.& n, X2 {# O9 n0 c! Z: {/ a; O! Q

9 w& C) J) k- L7 mL: 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.3 l5 b, }3 l: B1 E- R+ Z
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?- j/ w$ z1 F. W! E

; x8 M  ]3 Y4 dL: 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!
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3 `2 g" [4 V/ P# Q& z/ a& aL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。6 I! ^4 ?8 P4 b! x" A
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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.7 o6 b! }" i6 r$ N5 B% U( {7 J! [

9 O7 }$ A! Z  {  n1 w8 DL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。3 m# c0 B- Y( S0 C. ]% M! l' v

8 L  _  G) J5 g( r- z$ C* j) m% |' KMichael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。5 D' I/ U4 T; q* J
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