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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。6 _  R, i% p" Q! j

0 I* W; C2 X- @7 uL: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.2 M- \1 Z" |6 L6 p, D
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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?3 l3 E/ ~! Q. U: ~/ i; u

* N$ \% m, z8 eM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) |" \% l1 Y. |

3 v! w7 z- o4 ML: 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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/ U* O5 E7 U% dM: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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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5 I) `3 c: L% v  B' E- N7 mL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?* q9 e8 D2 W. @
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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7 \8 |( x; q& e8 j- r6 b! AL: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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; q  X; N2 j, q9 n9 D3 R7 V6 M+ mM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.7 v1 Y$ j1 z! j3 G6 J# n1 ?

! Z7 a- k: A, E( x- jL: 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: v, r+ I4 ^8 l4 jM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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4 _4 |, ?. G4 ~9 ?9 ~. ~5 M, [(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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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. r* J3 `/ |8 C9 r, f7 nL: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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1 k% x3 u, _0 eM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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3 h( N+ |0 T# Z( x* @7 g2 W  SL: 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。1 z* |: E# g0 M8 M6 @% y
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) E" J2 ^  Z4 m: g1 J2 r
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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?. f! H. k  J8 \, O6 u" J

* p& x, H% r4 Z0 MM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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- l4 V5 `  p( ]7 ~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.7 x$ i3 P" h1 ~. |

( p, D. }3 w  y. y' R9 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。
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# `, f% Z+ Z: f! |5 w% @4 r, G0 ^* vM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( z% x! Q# P1 A) }, U/ k/ h
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。# d5 P5 h5 ]4 Y' 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.
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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。' a0 y- ^; N# m! I2 _; c) g  K

8 A9 E/ r1 r. `, M" KMichael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。2 S# @1 ?: U1 X
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