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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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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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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?. H2 r! V( L/ ]; C; y& X5 ~& t1 x& ~

6 i9 {. Z7 _! PM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ e0 M! e0 _/ {! W& y8 R  ~

  t5 w* s3 O! Y) @7 ^7 p$ A* LL: 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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- |6 ~, s6 c6 VM: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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4 V+ ~8 I; H* a+ V8 W2 |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?. j% S- f( F0 j
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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?' Z$ w) v9 p! c! i
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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) c$ t% n/ |# }, a/ p0 NL: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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* R4 W9 Q: t, `; HM: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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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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: u+ {8 `) f' ?' yM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% n* x* q! J1 ]9 a& }7 O; ?1 {
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!% ~& H3 q! L5 l5 ^" I# A8 W. A
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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; W, ]2 Y2 b' O/ wL: 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。2 I/ G% Z8 }" g5 i  G: ^# H

3 E+ B( [4 T+ ?, X$ Z- M0 zM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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2 u3 B  G$ b6 y3 c2 z  QL: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。+ D- m6 n" T! S0 H

! W- Q5 o( ~8 ]0 w# [M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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5 L0 y' |5 h( M! ?  ]* N# Z7 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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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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, h* Y& O' o: CM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?
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6 b' j0 d' X. t2 d) o& LM: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.4 s2 q4 |$ v) Y: a
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?" a( H' q/ T0 L7 o5 m# O
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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。2 @- M7 K! T7 d9 A7 l
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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。' E0 R  n* m/ F9 w3 P8 y/ 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.+ H" D: w% H0 |7 h7 T# v

8 F4 v; C+ l; @1 q4 F& yL: 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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6 y+ T+ _5 W  `4 i( o; H. ^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。2 q9 Q; h* h6 `
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