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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。7 W: s4 a/ ~$ b& J3 K0 R5 D

5 y, h' Q3 j! z9 @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!  Y7 z( S# f# E# X2 o* W
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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.
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% j+ F5 L# s. f0 b( PL: 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?1 m" Z% i' @! Y

. s0 ]+ U, t% Q% k1 ?M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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* C' t( U6 X5 x2 h# k  A9 [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.
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7 d0 m. H( r. Q' B  ]: _7 J9 DL: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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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ q3 @# \' q8 U
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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?4 x2 C, C' B8 h

+ c6 f$ @; s9 {! @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.% I% ^& H. n/ v6 l& }
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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?8 S( s3 z" N8 ~8 T4 Z! L

( ?% ^7 m1 }8 R8 x+ D! IM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!. {+ r1 L/ d- Q0 ~2 e: {

2 V0 g5 t; Z& g6 l" c$ s* U: A(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)) ?, V( }3 K. s: E2 G
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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。3 n. S4 v% y- q$ g$ }: C
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.& h2 K) U+ \" k) I8 z. y% l1 p
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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。' p/ ^2 @) o- G

* ?  U9 \. v" e* T$ |5 T+ ]* V+ J( h/ M  TM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.! z' m+ c! w( P" I5 {8 ]

2 J4 ?6 j8 j# `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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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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/ C2 T" w  X, E  O1 o, mM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.% b4 m8 ~9 y- D; m
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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?$ g* r' f. V) K# E) B. c0 c
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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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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.+ k5 c5 p2 f& q
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( C. o: u4 T5 w! x% Y6 q

+ |2 j: P0 D# c" N0 QL: 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!
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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.
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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。
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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。" U- _+ B1 t1 \
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