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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。+ Q, e9 L! z( b5 v) W3 ~3 m* Y

$ t" x3 Z: L6 v" y; uL: 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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7 c/ ?- O* M1 I$ |4 QM: 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?; z: J6 ]4 x4 C( Q( W
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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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2 w: N- {/ ]4 `4 _4 l- v5 p0 d" yL: 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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4 T1 F- |: s1 N' U, c/ qM: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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& z# Y  \( }$ e* e9 N, K: nL: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 Z, }& ]- ?4 V

- T% ]$ h2 N& z, }! ?, CM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 S7 _8 }% i7 y! g/ z" W! T

7 ~# x- l# w5 \8 H) N5 _" \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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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) v# A) v/ T  J$ ^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?1 {1 ^3 i  j, y/ h" x' `
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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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" _0 v5 @0 s2 P: C- `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?- c4 M) h+ O/ R) B" g7 E( U* N
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!& l# B9 K9 z- `  J* @0 u7 X

( J+ k, l4 \2 X% K1 fL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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+ x0 g; B, u* M(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' T+ ]! s& s% W) v
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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.2 }7 p, I- O  Z% B7 ~
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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。; Z  A$ N* l5 k3 y  m3 {7 z! M1 l

$ y8 r3 `' ~" \& F/ P! z& u- qM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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; |- a4 U2 ~: Z. TL: 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?3 M- Q4 v% `# c+ Y3 S
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level." O# d; {/ |4 ^, b

% f+ U! _# p  {0 cL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too." u+ i7 ^4 e# O' T7 E( C
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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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M: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.7 ^1 I5 S% t7 L& g, v+ |2 X6 _

1 C8 G! B* w* w3 {M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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) w: i/ J" `$ j9 Q+ ML: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。0 s. B, ]' H. ~4 j9 w
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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  \" J+ r/ F3 f# y5 ?9 PL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.9 r0 @! z  B& o) {! r: z) a) n

- j$ U/ G' W6 Z) ?- TL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。+ G2 n& z3 X6 [  A& l, e

: Q3 y. s0 @: O1 }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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