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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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- k. S& {8 f2 a6 VM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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3 ?5 j% O- T  N7 b* ~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?1 W0 e1 M% Q) E  X' F
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ J6 X# @! z4 z; ^) o$ U

: u* B* {, q3 F7 ~. [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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  R! J: J9 G9 L5 q3 w' t+ Z% IM: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., S& A0 W4 r6 |3 G5 I$ @

# j; B+ }6 b/ s9 L& E( j' pL: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?3 c7 H5 x6 t6 ]1 u* |. k

# ~' X# K+ f% W. f* @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?
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  O2 \! D/ X9 y2 oM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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9 z1 }0 {9 ~+ |* }) ~5 ]8 tL: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?  `+ n8 s4 w* E7 K3 d3 Y
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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?8 _) h+ a7 ^5 a0 w" a+ M
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: s- s1 X  N2 n( T/ q% @% J

) p9 f  m0 Y2 S2 m! {/ m% A. \L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!* [" n" p2 g. _" l1 u
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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) I* g9 H$ R0 e$ GL: 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." @9 H' C# V/ l5 E$ F

- G9 m3 M; Y7 g: \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。9 n( W4 ^, q  }1 J

. ?; s  V" Z: f/ S( ]/ B* DM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.0 t$ Y3 O- y+ X
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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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$ X4 G. }, w+ H" M' d, c4 AL: 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。9 e) D, u+ X5 G9 p7 R- P6 ~

' k% B6 }5 `1 T0 i" FM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; S% f$ x7 m: `# V2 A

  {, @0 q$ r, [' N1 eL: 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?  |* U6 U$ t' j' E: p

% S! m9 ]! q. e  c/ _- g+ |M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( s3 e- W0 m5 f' [$ K$ H

% [' M9 x7 r/ u- q! X4 w1 XL: 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.; t" f! O8 q( _0 O  b

& c/ w% w% j0 ]$ G0 @M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, q1 H" R2 s7 J* m' F

0 @) A# @1 n' b: xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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  F' G, E) E4 O. _M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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: V5 U  c2 |4 Z5 F6 p) HL: 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.; x( P" ^5 ?" m. B& Q5 {2 e  \7 ~: Z
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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。
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