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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!4 {" l! I& r3 d" O' S7 X$ `; j0 t0 g

$ G; _) V* I4 m% p- u( u+ |' ^M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.. j# W3 ?8 Y/ v% ^! g# ^3 A' Q

. Y) V* h3 T% X& x. @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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1 W: f& F7 U( \) H4 m9 C; A. PM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 m' u3 d9 C6 Q7 }
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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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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.  e7 K- k* x9 \1 j3 E- }

0 c% C" E2 D8 j5 S* j1 hL: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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. a$ Z- O0 K! HM: 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?% [9 G7 j' [+ p+ ^1 q% u
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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: m8 E- ?' m9 t2 A' |" r& w9 oL: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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& J, w( ^' m$ C! r4 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?$ Q( d* X8 F1 c& p6 _9 u( K  V
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 U0 c- _: V7 z: K$ L' W

7 J! }& c  @; i, p* WL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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6 v* y$ Q. e" z8 ?  s( o(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* Z0 t' W4 M; r* F3 \
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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。
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  n3 F9 q- L3 x( @/ M& m- P& f2 zM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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& @! P& X: g4 I) h2 D' T1 R! z! ZL: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?8 Q- j# ~% Q% G  q0 }& D

- p: k, O* t" N8 H% _M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level." ^  u- c" A# ~; `; Y' L

0 t/ w( f" s0 i9 \1 VL: 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。7 I! D- \6 U* M- S

1 k) G/ S& p: f  J! A. D& q+ AM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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4 q9 u# ^" y7 c( P9 nL: 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?' n) D; y& ]2 r0 b0 ^7 e) h& 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.
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- o0 ?0 l9 I5 j2 PL: 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.% e1 J. z, c  X/ L4 L& U

( _  x2 S( n# y( U0 nM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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% v6 t/ `7 j* M( lL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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$ k( O) b- y  C& YM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!  A* P+ N3 c0 ]8 Z) m/ B) {$ T% a

: I5 T/ v- }! _- A* R, Q' pL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。8 [; d/ E1 R* |% Z1 r

1 h: N3 \" w4 N7 I' FM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.' n' y) K; r  \* @* Q1 |2 H
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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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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。; p7 @0 j# l% i
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