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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。! C% d0 x$ F' M0 O
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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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" W* w$ j* T( l( `7 S( z* uM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?& X$ x1 U% N& k' J

* k# j. i2 p8 n6 Q) `2 IM: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。8 V' @7 ?4 P' w  u  b' e& X; ?* ~% Z
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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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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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% q. i% k. {2 H# M( v3 IM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 u! ?' q; ]/ y$ R& d8 P3 P

* J6 P7 q+ c: Z: H3 Y( |- QL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?1 E6 v0 F3 {4 u7 S1 F1 H8 x& l' v6 V# x

/ _* c$ L: s+ {3 v; gM: 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?4 k6 v- r/ U" r1 h+ w0 V' y* X

- r  @- k, m% gM: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 s7 W5 G7 j9 r  X. j$ K' Q% mL: 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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  D! G' s; M; q6 CM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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, s9 }" Q: X; g# c' k4 ?L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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% S) \9 F- O" B& Z: ?. \' e(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。  G, \1 P8 i8 F3 V8 U* t6 ]
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.; @* j# M% w( [2 y' j9 F5 r/ l
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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。. I- O. O2 @6 z

# `& y. G9 i4 h" |) qM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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/ p4 ^3 {1 }5 \) _& |4 `& f3 f" NL: 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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6 n# u) N/ t1 t3 ~. i2 w  f3 eM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 c5 ~( k  Q/ l- l* j
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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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! E$ \" e2 y  C' T4 wM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too., D& d- R! S8 T" Z
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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?. u( m" Z! z& B
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* ^* G6 q* A( i8 k; k2 f7 G
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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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' Z3 E4 F3 N- b7 U% c$ D* dM: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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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( T9 \& {  ^1 u3 G4 i( V6 _, nL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。1 E+ b" k! w- O# [5 v

* ?4 x5 t. f6 y7 r$ W, fM: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。* H$ X, E1 G" B9 u& @

0 @$ M' x6 S) f4 K6 P# {1 l- T  Y6 aMichael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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