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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。& s- ?' K) b7 }5 |0 m- `
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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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4 r. B9 U- k& |  Z, B+ G" N- 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?. X- u# }* v$ Z0 y* H; i
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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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+ g4 ]- S, u4 y7 n3 ^$ L" `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。% r- c2 ^( E* b- ~- F% d( {
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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.
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5 E$ z# }% G! P+ m( M8 S! i  bL: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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8 A5 J1 M, ^  T$ A6 v1 SM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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9 u0 }- \+ }- V/ i- V" vL: 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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1 C0 M. C5 x1 X9 L  y: JM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., n: c! D) u* d4 D
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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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0 @% _' k1 r+ ~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.1 d9 ~! t* J( j. i  s( {

& d# r/ ^' s: A4 k. U1 x0 u7 iL: 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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M: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), S+ |+ d* B8 Q3 |

; o' }) L" G+ H( qL: 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./ ?  s$ R1 j- d$ ]5 f9 E& Y

8 r0 H3 q$ g: L: _( |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。4 a1 ]7 G+ p0 c3 f0 J

0 d9 u" D9 E2 K5 b6 H! s+ B5 ~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?
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5 Y- s- ^/ J2 ~) U0 o. l; TM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 P+ |( l  v8 z1 }4 M# O0 z
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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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! q/ b" i8 R' Z6 T: 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?4 \, s2 G9 V4 ^, L, a; j0 a0 g
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! v; s) q8 j! ~. a( j% Y8 z. Q

  G4 [5 l! l/ u0 q9 M6 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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。, F3 N: e( H6 O4 \% l2 R
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, w0 q$ v" y0 p3 q; z2 r* V
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。/ l1 {( T  d2 X" Y+ w8 i( h/ @

# {- q2 I0 L6 R8 o8 p9 q7 TM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: m. G  |9 ]' h) D( M$ A, X
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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。4 A  R9 ?* y4 w0 _7 O
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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。0 G. k5 X; S1 P& `$ \
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