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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。* N; K- _, ^$ @* W6 ]5 j
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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!, U1 z: H  _' a2 C% j  G% H6 r
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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.$ }3 ?! D# M' R8 _

7 i" o9 H1 B* hL: 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.
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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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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.9 [( k0 x/ N! ?* \8 H  {
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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?* c$ `8 c, ?( U9 t+ S$ k

  u' q; I. j$ P4 K2 z2 H/ eM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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L: 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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1 H9 m$ U) Y1 z; wM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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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/ L2 Z% N, c, ^( |* i% FM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.* ~) F) l9 A( z. D

5 Z- s) n# L, T- ~; q: cL: 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?6 h. T: c* Q$ J4 t* `

6 {  Q7 R, F& y2 J2 s6 ^' U) KM: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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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)" @# i3 d* F5 g6 s/ y$ ?  T) `

; y3 x7 k7 L" o. t0 I3 ?8 kL: 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。, x7 @" @6 V4 M* z2 j

# s. J  T1 a; M- L5 j( Y0 lM: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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' X; H" ~* [1 I# HL: 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.& ]( D2 E9 u0 k7 Q) T
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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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6 Q# \% t+ v2 ^6 ~2 V3 t8 n  xM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.3 i0 `$ P3 `+ a, J

; e# L& W% h. o0 J/ F1 ]% hM: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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( u# S9 g+ [; m' Y& ~M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 C( @% O; S0 n, @& [% Q6 [5 V4 |
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: K0 y" N0 H( [0 B7 J& L4 E

0 l: s: O8 k: V3 M% 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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2 A* U2 I/ h, f$ I5 z/ ~' AL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。
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# ]- j( W& L% H7 T& ~3 {1 yMichael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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