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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。7 y$ I# p% |  S$ [# ^1 b( H" R. Q

/ X0 v+ S/ k: P: s5 J! o7 ZL: 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!/ u2 h0 y1 m7 U4 T

; n7 S" f0 l+ \) E6 |! i% \3 NM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.' I* g$ P- G7 X" i* F$ h; F

" j% C* N/ H3 t8 p$ v3 A& aL: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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9 G+ l5 o# }$ l% jL: 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。" M3 o# @6 ^# {# D4 \: f% M% b( B+ W
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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.* }$ K* E  N  ?8 }- D
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L: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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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9 P$ U# @  H8 pL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?0 h7 j! M+ l, C0 C* z

0 n$ W5 W0 y) ^3 C( C5 j! HM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.4 S3 ?& n" G( r: J# r- H

6 q0 D* n+ T( k5 H. V% `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 R0 I( n! O8 H( x- p/ u

, B3 E: e$ w9 Y( [3 aM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.. z! g# P) f% }5 o
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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?# B. s% u/ t3 n( ~
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!2 t. d1 `! Z4 S0 y7 Y2 W. z
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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)
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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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9 a* p' l# n* n4 R7 z$ s" CM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( Q' h( v: X) k" h" f; G) e
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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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8 {* N6 ~, {% i6 S6 IL: 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?( _& T4 Q# o0 g/ V

- @( `& Z7 _7 b/ r4 D, MM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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+ b2 ]: }9 `2 w7 s" F! OL: 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., d0 @& v0 q* G. n
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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?& q- `9 ?2 q4 ~# h9 I

9 F) A5 n9 w4 ]1 I$ PM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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+ R" I7 ?8 H* W! 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.7 D7 ?# u3 o6 K
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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" _5 P9 R$ O8 e' a5 O7 Z, SL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。: p: g5 ~* U" E
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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/ a0 l, n: u( U! C5 V' e+ V2 ?L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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4 h/ D0 l: C+ n* ~2 n! dM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.. }* W1 H. S1 b  t

  f' c9 p/ X8 h8 w" JL: 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。& B+ @* `- i$ x- {
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