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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。2 ]$ B- b. p9 Z; Z9 u) k4 T. L4 K/ X
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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!# Z  M6 q1 N/ e, d" @9 G8 K

3 H* ]) O' F( X* \. j1 IM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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5 s- [3 X3 g. b- B9 ?3 R( w) W; vL: 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?4 E0 z7 _3 B0 n! F1 s( M
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( y/ N! i$ |& @: z. D; G

6 i" b/ _) B7 gL: 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。* G9 P% M8 z, f
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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.2 f! T, K- W! C  `8 y
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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?6 W6 D$ p! W5 `* ~3 b( H; Q

8 U7 Q7 V: d% j( h" [" T8 d# dM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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6 Z% Q0 \5 x0 ^; ]L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?2 r7 Q5 i6 h" `( J. V- w
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M: 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?! I6 {- ~% X; b2 ]

8 v% c4 B$ E6 F9 I! l3 }2 R. 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.& U' X& ]2 b* X% G; T8 m
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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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2 ~! \" y7 `1 j3 T5 h1 r; A6 bM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!8 c' a" R# S: f7 L7 m
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!# M* h* b- w! @; v; o1 `4 x

9 J+ w9 s$ K8 P5 |: i0 d8 k(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。" M3 T# E/ L. l5 I3 }

/ g' [; ]8 k. l9 s( Z# }7 g1 }M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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$ Y" E" t- w& i+ F3 EL: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。" ~! |2 i) ^! w6 \( t

' M: S; T/ S( E% A8 r- f+ i) J) }6 _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?3 |& ^! h+ ]0 R6 C& H
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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1 I: z7 H( T7 S7 h  e5 DL: 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。2 J$ d' `4 H: i  d( o

, e# c5 x8 D5 WM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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+ L! p# s0 o7 ~: qL: 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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. [5 X4 U2 h$ h7 ?& DM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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' z# q& C$ q' l% A) N3 q6 B8 @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.& l$ H5 u$ r$ C$ C- W$ U  r

! y- B+ u- @# L& P. y" y0 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。9 h; i& ]. }- C2 }- v( X" i5 N
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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. c( x/ }/ m) h* g  dL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。* E5 I, A" X, Q8 r* w5 N
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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。9 x3 h+ W* G; p/ ?0 Q* I

; ]' T5 Y2 r/ K6 H9 S8 eMichael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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