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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。  H) @8 H- Q8 P

  p+ @1 f' ?% L+ c; NL: 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!; V2 o  ^5 ^. w/ n* n* A5 a

5 q  L) B' s6 p# E) c4 |& sM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 p, @* C/ e/ o% k, ~. O7 |7 n# t
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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?, @  v/ g9 V, ]4 h
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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。$ ?2 K: f. p% I0 S! Z: Y
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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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: H$ ?$ W; ^0 f# k3 m/ {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?* V$ @. G; z6 R; m: R; M
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?/ H3 I; Q; ]3 f9 y0 C

' F( ]+ v  \/ I- ]& d8 [" a; [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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# G' d5 `" N7 V2 C, \M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.5 t2 r( F1 q: M) h! Q# H

3 a1 x. e6 G; t1 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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5 E% t! K% h9 r0 y; WM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.3 Q* c  h  k! d  Q( D
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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?
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9 C9 `8 L; ?$ {* p# K7 xM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 _# l  w( F; n; x

6 W+ B$ T4 i/ k8 }5 I5 A; P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)  t, ]5 P; w( |7 H5 {
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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。; x4 U5 t% e; Y
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 A" P% s! @' k& K
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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。( m4 n' a) g# I
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.  T6 i: n- H4 H

( s% L# ^7 J4 n" p. i- PL: 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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# h6 E- |/ U$ B, g7 aL: 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?
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  H- ^8 L( c4 q* x) eM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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# J  H9 c) r8 u  @2 z- yL: 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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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! W6 A- ^4 q) q. t! U! tL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 N8 C' t! T+ f/ z( n
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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$ h5 C+ Z9 r: _! Y. r5 ]; YM: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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+ r# n; X8 o3 w% a+ p! Q6 ]L: 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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4 z# i& F# }, G* I# r2 C9 ~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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