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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。' t8 ^2 i5 \9 F% R8 I) D

7 T3 L) X1 k( r8 `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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* {. j& `) l$ L7 kM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.7 H/ Y, l3 a9 q9 _
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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?4 n; p/ x9 O) z% k3 c: J* n

, X+ r4 [6 }* W* @: |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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# U- ^# q- K5 F. ]7 G7 P9 x! FM: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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. q' m% E. \' j- q/ g3 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?
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$ e3 U9 F7 {( V0 q$ pM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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. q: G6 @9 e9 t) t7 YL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?1 d7 U# P5 y/ A  `. O

% h' r/ w* W2 T; r4 M* XM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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' m+ o* W  t3 N, Y- vL: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.) W$ E! K/ b0 k2 J5 F2 _
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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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* I; ^) @4 M. M+ `/ C2 qM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位). k7 h( l1 ~. }) p$ K5 G% p
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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。& ?! ]: `: ^$ R  `; u+ q
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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?0 l' d2 B  o; C6 E; e

* y3 ]; Z5 `, K+ i! `M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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7 O; Y( I- @9 p0 l9 O, c7 i/ ML: 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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2 J- ]4 Q# b( R2 s8 X$ YM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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% `7 K& Q; x8 _' V: }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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2 v' S& m$ d6 PM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.8 V" a' Y: m% x! y  f  `
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?6 |1 [( K$ o9 E

6 b: X2 i% o6 y) xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 Q5 l+ D. P! e" X/ P0 _
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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$ r: N; Y* Q) l% [M: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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。% F+ Z$ p5 F! G+ E$ _$ \

: C# }* w, V" U$ L+ P" M! BMichael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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