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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。9 I; W4 }/ [: G' x. n  ?1 r
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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!+ N# k: V9 u" R+ ~# J
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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.+ P& t/ V0 A& _: h  Q- e

- }/ E) _) V9 \4 N) V0 i, _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?4 p5 o- _+ Y0 J! }, B

0 y+ S; c! E7 p8 |M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* Q' T3 ~, h: ?- a% O
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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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/ C) F5 c8 X" G% Z5 I, b- H! YM: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?" \! e: B6 G" y/ C! k: W
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?1 s$ K% ?! E) F, s2 t) ~

3 i0 @, p  m9 W# \9 XL: 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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* D; ~. P( r* E1 `4 tM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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, {( }. I$ d+ y% T+ d. S9 j# N1 GL: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.
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! H# v, u+ V; U2 _* [- ~7 Z# \# GL: 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?( Y+ n9 _. \$ |* A  f/ V. `

7 [* O+ B! f. pM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. ^, K: b% d8 d' P* P

2 X5 v* R# A; n2 fL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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) k) r  x$ ?. \" |$ p3 f  L( l(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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/ g. O! l8 [7 S/ b# GL: 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。* x* l* C$ i6 M$ B5 |

% b' Z3 e/ B0 Q3 Q( Y' sM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。, |. |0 |  ~; g. U

$ N, ~3 H+ x. {/ wM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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" }) T( `' U2 j' \3 lL: 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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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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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L: 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) ~: H3 P  T: f0 \- ^
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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$ @4 X7 Z5 t0 fL: 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.! ~1 N3 V" y+ p( X1 A. ^( }1 U) Q
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?; h9 A# Y4 r% L& E

. n; g* J( L) S' J% [: GL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。# |. n. m$ d: i
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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5 {, m0 b2 G4 x% E: @L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.3 c0 B* }* t1 g$ p( K" K* z

: u( [- |$ l3 F; H; G; GL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。1 o& w8 D/ v7 A' Q9 M5 z* A! b: @
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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。4 J0 c8 l! G: o( z* {
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