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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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3 x% C& f" A, Y. G; u- d( W2 wL: 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.4 c( [- w- Y3 [; Y9 }* H+ M+ S3 m

9 F4 y* j# S4 N. A! x8 ]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?/ ~0 A3 M/ J9 m2 U) h4 X- p: ], A& G2 j
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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。/ I6 X; g4 j6 P$ P( g
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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.4 \7 m* O, a/ D+ I. D
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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?1 ?5 N# b- f5 P/ ~7 Y
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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5 D% C5 K+ z2 N& j4 HL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?+ Q# {! y0 e4 z, |3 H# z

% F" L. C9 E/ ~: IM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ `0 s$ o4 h( A
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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?
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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.9 ]0 U0 C0 N4 x5 z% P- D4 A; b
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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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8 |1 r  u. r) u5 n7 m" L  o5 o* I1 aM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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" k$ U$ h' S0 ^' P# `0 g/ M8 ~8 H0 qL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 |5 d. Y( {) K$ U
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* e4 O, w9 H2 t0 P

, @0 f1 |# i  s; t! IL: 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。
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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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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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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) G, f. _% {5 r/ Y4 j" @/ z( uL: 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 h  H4 r5 d( ?  ~& b: }& h7 PM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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" S7 X' U, @0 U% |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?2 O" v( B1 f# @0 K1 e

# p8 n/ M. s! x) g$ [' cM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.3 d3 u% F6 R8 I! C9 @8 D* [
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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.7 v: a+ H# J4 F3 l" p5 l* v

, h- a' \, _* K+ o' W# x' R5 y' K2 {* x7 pM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( m. A6 v- u' x3 D7 \2 p- d; B

( A/ f( \: }5 S; zL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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: Z$ W& E1 d% I- s8 c5 S/ U9 mM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!; I. e5 k& q1 C$ U
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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3 E' F; o) ^6 W! A) s* RM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: r" k; W$ T# T9 S  G# K+ B* }
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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。
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6 w8 c' j$ W* L' y' \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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