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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。5 V" G1 v+ t* x
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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!
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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.* C# d0 ]7 j6 p/ Z8 v$ S

- B6 U4 s! Q. ?! ^' BL: 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?( D2 m! U1 c% a; t

: ?& k3 u& F0 y/ ~M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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3 P( r5 P" U6 j# B% Z/ Z/ ^2 BL: 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。' C, G4 R) C& f  j( ?+ x
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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.  \  x) T! U0 L- A' k( o

9 u; c2 q7 _( b6 R3 @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?. H0 r% U/ r$ G: u2 X
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?  N* f* M" v# u8 t

; p" T7 k) E9 U) I( mL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?6 B1 d) c7 r5 H) W% V8 ]+ f  y
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., A+ J" m" m# `
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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?$ O' Y6 [) P( S# t: R' n

7 K- L8 C1 v) _2 T: ?" nM: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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0 w" q/ y7 V- w4 H9 r! zL: 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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# e# i6 a: g4 a* a! q0 b! Z! x" |L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!+ V& f6 q: s# j6 _4 ^& @( N; m  d

! K2 A1 ^* H6 s7 F# q% A9 q2 _(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 [% y; {8 N& M* ]
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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.# E" d1 }5 L$ w: R4 C

# m7 m/ q8 [# o8 S6 E$ p) V* DL: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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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7 M( Q' p2 _: _. [5 cL: 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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& [3 Q# o. p+ f# o* s& cM: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。; o5 S7 a; q% k* _, T9 A- i# R

# c/ D5 F, c5 d6 C  n9 PM: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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.$ x" u6 O+ i0 F& T  J( J0 M8 |9 T" ]0 ]
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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.
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1 I2 r7 n* A3 f; s( oM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?' g/ _- `7 J& m

0 F0 H, T& v. kL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!' W  ~+ G) F+ z3 M1 I

. v- b; e; z) ~+ i( j+ KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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7 S, X2 x. {' G( t" y1 tM: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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4 @6 C% Y- F0 [, W9 V, kL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  f& V5 k$ k0 s; }* Y7 F* B

4 O4 l* _3 @& `% P+ |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。
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