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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。
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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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& v5 x* y- s+ t) S* `: @0 @M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.) }  W% B  e9 ?% W: j
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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?
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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。
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0 g; Z, R) i* t  d; _, }7 B, mM: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.8 j0 f, Y( z% c- n  h  [
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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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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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. l9 t4 a9 X( O/ ^; s0 }! f: fM: 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?' e; [9 a4 H1 C

, b' Z0 P, J& q- J1 }2 O# U- QM: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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2 L% b, {+ }5 c) i; W$ Z) s% ]: HL: 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 E0 q: Q& W: ]. f! SM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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5 {7 D# u7 ]$ D$ sL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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1 _" E' |9 I9 O(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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5 ?1 F( T, f3 g3 t. nL: 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。% v5 E) Y7 E% P

1 D1 i6 ?- H% i' F& IM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.7 Z* ^7 c7 i9 W4 c7 B2 H& \! V
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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。% T+ ~- j* j. ~" j  Q6 C/ A. x( B
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.2 R" z" Y2 G# \, _! Y
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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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! D# \& k: c3 {M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level./ S- ]. H8 }0 N  x4 B7 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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9 o6 j5 H/ Y7 j$ MM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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% v8 |+ K: j4 c/ `0 p& G, }6 |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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- o) `. A8 F- I" d- bM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! R  l0 N  n" ?: O6 N/ 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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" e$ e0 ^& {9 U+ d% AM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?7 S6 t1 v$ A% _' Y8 h
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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。( p. }. g8 E$ W+ a

0 y: e; m5 U) `( j- P0 _5 UM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 J, Y6 ?$ K4 [8 h0 P! t
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。3 I8 ]# t) U; C2 W1 P

/ d0 J9 n! b8 y( N$ Y  |( 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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' e2 O* y3 U. [" E8 _* O4 eL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# A" }% Y2 W% E8 Z4 s
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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。
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