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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。" e( T8 D3 C+ ]

* B) c' M- v3 P! o2 {+ }L: 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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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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, V: A& N" @5 A6 b: P) WM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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) f' O+ X+ E' w! v8 J/ nL: 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。) ~( O: E, a! o% F# l

6 S5 t( J, a3 v7 X' {% B4 uM: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?
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$ W6 e* J* M, k* r1 s2 J( ]" R% P# L7 RM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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2 q( v- O* m+ i5 K, JL: 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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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( B  Q, a* R5 s8 XL: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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& H( y8 u5 n! j1 M( U+ 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.5 Z; ?" c5 C6 X' s  O  ~9 U
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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?4 J$ K3 f' e( T$ T! q& P6 k# @
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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( [" a+ @, }8 zL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)2 W9 w; n, b# M; l
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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( p, X4 `1 T& M) d2 O% V: D

4 N" o. u* r3 g8 V* p2 g3 V3 u" JL: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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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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7 l4 x: H6 J+ V% E# o4 z9 d- pM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 Z) ?4 u' r. C0 [4 z3 }( {

. g4 o) }  _# m/ Q& zL: 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。  }8 p2 b! w  [1 F7 G) @; ~

$ o( Y8 s1 W  aM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ `: V% i& b3 y( |1 ]2 ~9 A

- [* A& Z, B+ Q7 k0 t  pL: 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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" n' h8 ]: J/ s# b9 ^) AM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.$ b- g6 U2 ]: z

/ S: I. V2 K. a+ nL: 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.8 B+ L5 X/ X4 l2 m  S
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 [' a5 m, Z5 w+ }8 f; H% Y

( H0 V. ^! G& i* S8 m. d7 h8 QL: 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!) O0 Q" n  J: B& o6 H
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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4 K" O# {) s0 k3 |/ HM: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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) Z1 v: S& L6 sMichael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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