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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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7 l' x( l# @. i, I! z0 yL: 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!$ U8 |+ q, e) w* V( ^/ y
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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.: \1 e. \% z$ v. s& X! W1 e! g

" f2 O/ W' P( kL: 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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3 f) G+ M5 q) \$ D7 L3 ~8 ~M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.' g4 u: Y8 T8 l3 }- R# q

$ V0 r# q, v2 Q& z5 oL: 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。$ g9 J1 Y6 Y4 s1 E' u
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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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4 N- r0 q8 }: J& G0 W: n5 A( w& EL: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?2 {7 K2 g) P: D) R

9 D3 ?, t% Q% bM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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/ I' F. N/ r: T4 ~( u5 IL: 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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; R# i0 F# }% B. rM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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+ t% l, Y. Q) I0 N/ [& y8 ]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?1 |$ \1 J; P2 _# r0 L  a
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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.6 ?/ v# J* d2 r7 e, o# E' e
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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?8 d3 y6 N9 Q( L& P* _( A/ X  f' f

, m4 W. l9 N0 P! T, m& w0 hM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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" h0 ]2 k4 o1 GL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(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。' a/ R" |& ?% k5 r3 r
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all." K/ S# x* Y7 _' I- F8 M5 e

' X0 \- c4 h$ O5 ZL: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。1 i; }1 c/ o7 {9 ?

2 o4 [; |( `, ^/ `( e9 vM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.0 P# Z: @) W- {7 t
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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 C, s0 F3 G/ H8 L  }4 M
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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  I- w' o0 T. I: h- x2 N  ~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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$ C6 x% v; ^' W: e; A7 ~. _M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* o$ l- Z8 O; i7 j* X) K5 E* DL: 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?4 G& C$ y" o, y" W0 G

' x0 u" [+ u& o5 x' yM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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1 t2 S3 R% h# `1 I: e! v# G+ eL: 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.( j  D$ _4 F8 O8 P5 q5 I

1 i, D$ x" c: F  WM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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5 t& Q& H3 f, W$ D# |; CL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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. P  H( C& z' m; |6 k( [M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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' t+ x, f) K  @, k* @2 B) UL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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; A# i, F2 ?  @3 `( lM: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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9 F, h) I8 {4 yL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。3 s+ M; l" Q. g/ T

: Z+ X# Y: j& e- a2 cMichael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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