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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。% o/ Z* f7 n8 ]& _# ]3 V

5 U% c, y) \' Q  {' v% l; NL: 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!- L! F5 g- s, d; l5 |

0 h5 k4 f5 j; s, p3 EM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 J6 H" S4 \: `, ~
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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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" c' ^6 `% p1 Q& r, p! IM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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0 i! ]3 i$ k1 p0 ~  Q- vL: 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。) @* H% P; L+ w: _$ W

- n" D1 r. n6 UM: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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& D2 z- T2 @: _6 e, ^" DL: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 {" q% f  p8 e0 G$ bM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?: w9 [- o  F: J* q# z3 M/ q/ {

! S9 C0 b  i9 B5 ^L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?, E* @  d$ d# y) c

; L; f, G/ K, R+ GM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.* y0 T1 U* u4 r5 }- ]  g

/ X; P6 E  F2 r! x: ~" `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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* q+ W7 s! P9 O& S: G! a  K4 T) oL: 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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( T5 [" J" V4 S0 Z1 L. [  M- [2 K: l(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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4 Q# W) L. L/ h  W4 T# [6 R  eL: 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." K8 F7 B& G  K2 E8 i: F3 n

( _7 m# Y. C4 ?" |+ {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.0 @5 L, U' j8 L; b# y! |

) h( X8 o* L# 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?
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" C- q% Q0 c. H  rM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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+ F) B  r) p2 p7 M' eL: 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。/ {. S  ]# A1 `+ H

& J6 d' r3 D1 O! R/ U. R1 X( MM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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; Z/ _6 k6 U4 U* ~: O% XL: 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.. u( U/ c8 Z7 J) m. u

9 `& ?- ?' `/ c. h/ W  P0 EL: 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.( Z& W# W6 D' h
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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- r. m2 V& ]/ K" RL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。4 q8 x0 ]6 U2 L- O/ V& X9 E
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!6 A* D& |! D1 W8 A

: A2 l- d4 E6 s5 R3 N3 D) C$ ML: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。) V* d% Q: r2 j0 P
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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.* W  ^" G1 H0 ~) q) V  d' B( l

. n5 q7 Q4 W# V* h9 J* QL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。" m) t% \  v  D$ U

: Z7 x' s& @0 P0 HMichael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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