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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。, ]. ~; k* d, o: d' [, N

  b8 T1 |6 |0 L. a: \- u! oL: 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$ ^' V( W2 R, O- K- \+ }
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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.' K$ X8 ~0 x) H5 e! u
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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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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.# ?/ |7 H5 y0 m, g' w& m8 g

' _1 O4 ^7 Y6 e# Q) q3 H$ JL: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?, X1 i1 R' E& W7 `& ~

! }  j/ N. r/ v7 Z# C& _' SM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?. o% I4 B1 p6 e: A

/ R; ?- Z) u; f* X, _! b) WL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?( }9 j1 [4 u0 P/ C3 ^8 O5 @8 U

1 b6 I9 D* R' T5 ^; B4 a, `M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.% \% ]2 S5 F" x- C& ]
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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.
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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?" O1 H9 W, p. R: \
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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; d1 Y: Y5 `0 O) k, Z& FL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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6 j9 q8 [2 v* u3 k9 p' L6 v" ~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。/ U: L  V- ]( x( H2 o" P
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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。8 p" ]# Q5 V) E; l9 \

! }* L7 \. ?- h2 kM: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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' s2 `  J! y9 x$ H8 ^2 Z- jM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 D/ T1 S# E. t+ O" W
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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。' i2 ]0 m! B! K  g) T5 @8 ?

( e2 J5 N; Q( a6 q5 a9 EM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.. W* \8 n; f6 u) M' r
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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?: G, n& N8 f8 c6 i' u$ Y1 |
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.4 `1 h" y' b) k* g

. x9 W0 e7 h. N" \" B8 n: K, i5 wL: 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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?6 j" K; X: F" {
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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。1 E7 v. o3 \, H% O; s) v+ W5 z8 M
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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( \# {3 C' Y/ w0 i, A) lL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。# d; C/ p! Q0 V/ S% e& v1 @$ _

4 B" |: ^1 e0 Z" z0 pM: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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$ u; F7 e* C% XMichael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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