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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。( @: y$ k- V+ e/ N  y
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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." J% u! @4 m* L

; |( n& w: {# a+ XL: 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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: d& F; ]! i3 M, H  M/ ~M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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" {# k7 R7 }( V- w/ UL: 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。. f( j4 |  N- p% j* A) d. [7 W+ D+ [
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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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- u4 `/ C: \1 C+ a5 `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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1 N2 ^! G+ p0 LM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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1 \5 h, X$ f2 @- D  N# _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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: F4 q3 F6 G+ ^M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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. ^) k% |5 o7 c2 y5 N1 `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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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.( [! l! N, z" N+ @6 }9 Z

% z+ U$ s, |  K/ {8 r; L6 V& c5 GL: 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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7 W4 K3 Q7 N' [! O; R/ B! tM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" W5 s# e8 _8 G) ?6 Z2 A8 e% @

$ Z* ~- e! Z! s2 {/ }' ~; q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位): U# R$ x2 J8 z- R9 _# a( l
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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。7 Y  n' b7 l. x: z- i
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.0 [! S: S: L0 z1 J
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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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2 Q5 s+ t9 _! F* [6 x% {. }  |M: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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* `; F  ~: r( I" |* v- oM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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! L; f( F/ b2 X( e. b* S1 o9 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。
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" J; g- F  ^" rM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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9 S, W$ ?6 s' x* J; pL: 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?/ Y5 I3 F, ?$ @' {& I' _
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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5 b! W3 H2 v: F. xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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3 E) I) U) y2 [( lM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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. l4 h) D5 H" O) qL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。3 n( R; Q' l# T2 @# b2 N8 ?' X6 f( g+ h
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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。$ A6 T7 X7 o/ S9 W2 K
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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。* d7 H; I- J+ G, Z  ]. Z
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