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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: h& F3 z2 L4 }6 rL: 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!7 S( r' B- H( l! ]( D, N$ x7 z

" r/ a, ]- c2 q5 H# b% U5 {2 IM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.  W+ B4 L8 j2 T5 ]( W, e

; J  U1 e! Y8 q' A) YL: 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.8 ~+ O+ L2 u+ n7 ?

. U% v# L" f7 W6 J: q+ O2 S; \3 \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.  A7 ]5 z( T. D' v" \1 K, R7 q  |) E
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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?7 ?- M6 p0 O% m) k+ x

* `4 {  [* E" ]8 sM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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5 C1 w4 g4 a2 S; E+ I1 aL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?) ]1 I; O. O8 T' A

# I; K7 |1 O/ `: k# Z/ QM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.8 s+ s: O# `  \5 |8 j
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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?
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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.2 l3 [# g; Y9 ~6 X
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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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( {, K9 Y0 p) `M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 c3 d. W8 w# ~8 p' F2 t* R/ f

! W% ]- j! v/ i7 w% @) E5 \L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( V' C  e8 |  ^8 E( {: v$ a! V

' B+ j4 y4 H6 f4 V6 m( L(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。/ _: o( U$ L# e  m/ f( T  e$ L9 T
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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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; z" \' H0 d6 j+ O( fL: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。% D* ^  q5 M8 h* S# Y1 d
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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5 K* r0 K. Q- x/ D% [! DL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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& K' e+ K3 j2 \# [: [8 v! LL: 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。; Q0 x2 J6 x9 p+ G
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* `7 d+ s) Z3 W6 U: r: uL: 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?, ?, J) g  M4 V- o" M  R9 w& s

8 z, [  U2 L: Y+ KM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. O, H9 m# ?/ X3 i3 n) Q# u1 O. }

4 D# b5 Y) Q: s/ q: y6 M( g0 uL: 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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6 a! P3 A' D5 G2 f3 aM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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, z0 q7 C  k3 Q: ]L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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; x; s5 [+ y9 W) k0 qM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。* m0 s" x$ ^/ V
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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.! O, K& m: `0 T, _
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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。5 _3 l# H+ w) X% _% Y$ J6 ]
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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。8 O/ G( `% b* l
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