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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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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!& S# b) I9 m/ [- P

# Z0 |, g, A# x, OM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.- {" M3 ]: x+ |/ `! p; d4 j' J" Y3 l

/ b( }- q7 L' E7 t6 M- fL: 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?: U2 M2 P3 f: P# J, x
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& i2 e* |, I) x( c$ `
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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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4 k6 N7 @' X* K" CM: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.. z( |/ t' r$ a
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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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" H9 b2 Q& o% L( s. IM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?5 I$ P4 [' Q( `0 a% w( @! A
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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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M: 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?! @" n% {2 U. _0 {4 p
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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.( t, ^8 I9 Z/ o
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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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!9 |& z- l, x9 [

/ }+ B! Q6 M4 P& U' ^2 B6 M; ]" X(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。
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+ X2 m$ V) L; ?$ K3 ]M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.0 g, {: e/ }& s8 F# [
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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。2 i* _, h; j# b: ^. W' t* p
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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/ S# w0 P9 N3 g* c* [+ k* 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?& j3 x8 J" l& y/ i
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level." P; E* W3 I- K& Z
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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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8 G$ @. h! K$ e, J" p( b9 z( }M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ f0 }. ]+ I0 j/ t2 o/ h& B

( Z; k% |' x" p& c, @& s0 A3 K2 c) 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?: A" {( Z8 U9 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.0 E$ s6 k" U. c. {' t- K

8 P! T# z! U, v  {: q, G$ G8 ?, BL: 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.! ~' E; N3 m- L- k

/ }& d! z% N$ Y: i  qM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。7 U5 B! B6 M8 a" d: t

& a0 ~! I% r( p  SM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!. H: |! u; h5 Q% B# ?+ \* ]# R

& F9 g/ O7 A* p3 h; c9 o: AL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。) o: G, }8 a& a8 q# {
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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.- {) v( G1 g! t8 Z+ x

# W' H/ Q0 l- z; [* AL: 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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7 T) p" i) N) {- v/ i) C0 @$ HMichael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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