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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。' b) `+ Y7 n& I" X. ?
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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.  }! _) H. l- ?8 Y* |9 R

7 W3 X# g8 b$ s0 U( yL: 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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$ n- b9 ?" t2 cM: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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. ^/ p$ a# s( k" D+ VM: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.7 ?$ h# r; N2 o! {

: O+ R6 ~+ a  T" N  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?, t% T% i5 s; i) J6 I- \5 w

! p4 w7 v0 X! z2 @: ~; _M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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% h# G8 v& x- @- m; B! c' nL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; I+ K1 b6 R3 A0 [
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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; b, j9 n$ d; P* k0 O6 g. q7 jL: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?$ r2 \$ S1 {: U6 a/ n
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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.6 W7 \; o$ b; x) A8 d) W
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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?7 j3 Q, g# H: J

/ w0 h' |. ~% G. ^8 P2 {- EM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 i* V2 `% i: w
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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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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。. A- i- n- w) x* t! \- \* n, y% M

- L( F/ x$ B5 s2 J- `3 h! SM: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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/ T* T1 ~7 l) U: FM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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& c+ V" U5 K* u4 e1 D1 U( _1 f+ rL: 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。' k* T& h( x4 a  m1 x/ [4 k& A

6 x. A! a! v: t8 Z. i! KM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* p6 J: K" o- W- `3 L- ZL: 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.+ s9 d& X, a; _

2 f! T" \$ G4 R( N) dL: 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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0 m5 k& U- f$ S! y# O# {* FM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?6 ?, q+ p/ B4 `1 f/ a7 I2 e  v
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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。
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% v8 d. V) G6 pM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!& r+ V0 v. m+ p
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。  Y1 [) p/ Z* }+ e, X6 X) Q! Y
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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.
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4 f/ O8 M2 h; DL: 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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& `( q" ]! l' C" D! R3 K. JMichael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。/ O/ P- D& e5 x; ~+ V- B
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