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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。& n5 r. }* I# R. \, j: w

& t* K& K) `# W9 u7 C- wL: 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.
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- a( G  {1 _. r+ r3 }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?) u  T9 L* B+ ?3 V5 t4 d- x

+ Y4 y7 \% B# p! d- d6 yM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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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6 g* N+ t% U. ^0 K+ JL: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?& M! E! _# D9 s3 A/ }: i* i
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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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& p; J, n* j9 o$ L# N5 F4 f7 UM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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& w9 N" ~1 i$ g$ p* p2 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?5 m. w; e7 b& z: R0 O# f% a

; l9 [" }' t4 [, d, M  [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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) c; G) y& C5 CL: 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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5 i; t6 _* X, s3 c0 q' m  ~M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!$ O4 |3 w2 b6 s/ \
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!: E4 R1 ~! w) ?( k# x/ @

! O% Y: u$ d" I# o(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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, }0 v# x: [$ e5 y: j9 h. _7 bL: 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。- ^4 p* T9 B  d6 }" y5 U! k

6 K, g" R% M( d: D! V0 K+ \M: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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7 G9 {, n- O: _8 R1 u9 kM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.7 b( G1 ]) h, S0 P: h8 {& D
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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?, {2 X( X1 g( L1 \' B( M9 i

8 x+ e% l7 v* d$ sM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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4 l: a( n3 r$ r1 k' ]- TL: 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。; N6 v7 B6 Y4 V. D* p7 Q8 X
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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+ K$ l: s9 Y- E7 |6 L* q  w# H) J$ y9 L( mL: 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?5 G7 H* }" v7 u/ ^# ~/ C% v$ E
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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.
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, S$ u: e5 m" c# F9 h/ lM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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7 M$ k; q4 m6 }+ NL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。: J( X$ v/ I/ w% b0 H

4 i; |) G, N$ x% w* DM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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9 ?. W. E8 c/ g: kL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。8 Q( X4 i+ R1 [# |# T
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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., I9 H' h* y, L: G$ S
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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。
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