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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。
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+ [( D$ c- n( PL: 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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9 f) `7 i$ u. q6 J0 FM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.! i2 y+ J" x) y. z$ p
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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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& M+ u9 x; F2 }4 e

, r% X6 k* o4 n% P2 K" JL: 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。- w* u% O# i8 H/ ^

2 m- f2 H" {6 d$ s* eM: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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2 i; L- h& K2 n% T- l! u$ z+ s; f8 t' cL: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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' j, a8 h: \' w6 kM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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( S3 L# Q' y6 i; Z' `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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& ^0 O5 w3 i1 m' g4 I3 l! M6 d+ AM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?9 t6 H$ p' ^0 Z1 {8 L4 w; @
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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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. `! h, R" t. @7 _. u) YL: 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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( O: i7 h6 b% m: d( Z, |M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 V4 Z( d3 M: j* A' }5 F  n

0 I9 E$ T% b3 f0 L3 r: L7 t: P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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* I1 l( Y; d0 XL: 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。" C7 f" X5 V( D! ~- F' @$ E
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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. U1 j& T5 e3 iL: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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4 A- S$ i' j+ x: ]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?6 J6 W% E* Y" `( w( @+ F( Z

# z9 t3 M, P( C. \M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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# Q7 X( |2 g; q6 M4 z/ P& K6 [+ cL: 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。0 C# F9 w. w7 q
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.% @) \; a2 \0 D$ J2 e" J

' d3 e) l! F# y3 V+ `, `7 EL: 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: w. C8 ~0 J1 e) [# L, v! j

) U; J5 p4 Q5 w, s2 o( }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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?2 y: A8 Y% T- 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。! m" s  Y+ L$ b% H9 s' p( H
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!2 j" ^8 v1 s  E
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 w" Q  P% @8 c3 y

8 V# u) S0 U( D4 zM: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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8 n  X% W5 C9 x# H; N% W" {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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