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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。  e8 t9 S  P% }) H

) _" G; w$ Q9 }  ^) eL: 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!" G+ G, N' b' b+ _$ k9 I/ [6 S6 z
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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.
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5 ^) |" O) v3 v: _9 ^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?! V' z+ @- H6 K

# j1 z; Z& h/ [  |( ?# D3 O5 P6 wM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.$ L% v/ l+ Q9 A$ K% _+ |
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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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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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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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& g$ H, G9 M  G' s* l8 ?M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?4 u# Z1 s7 [3 m" d: J& V- n

- C. y3 w* L0 ]M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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% a1 J1 G$ ?, w' BL: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.& E1 r  u/ K5 @/ R! [- D

; N% k2 H* i$ u- WL: 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 q! L( I% m' _. p

. w' M# h( k. @+ @7 T! X/ sM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!0 D8 U8 ]) \4 D3 h! D

6 l* ?  {7 t6 n3 t' I0 lL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" M' e+ p6 i- o! n: C, ^9 f
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)6 l0 @2 q- ?1 R" C7 k4 E

$ R6 b/ j  f# X6 z2 p, oL: 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。& v2 P0 }: e2 b6 y# A0 d
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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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* b5 f7 w& @, L7 j- [5 @; g* w9 dL: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。! ~$ Z, L) q2 O' W% G
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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?; W: t$ n4 [. B) Y

7 f+ |9 Z7 B% B- I! x5 v# dM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.% Y5 R' g, E! }2 F& p3 M
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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。/ Y' Z# j& k0 o* [; c& k  A( u

8 j0 A/ H) N% Z* o- XM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ |7 Q3 Z+ {5 U) t" ?9 X' G5 y

  H% z# f' I6 EL: 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?; ?1 n$ c# T. K/ w- j

; M2 {+ ^7 B' A# F( q; w" sM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.4 O. b) r- u& z- G* g+ ^

1 o7 F' M# {- R% vL: 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.' Y0 ^1 Q1 h/ \, m& T4 s
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?3 {( P7 d9 y* x0 G1 d* U

2 j+ n0 V- `7 z6 j& `1 _8 o& eL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。  w4 t  d- M' i/ \( I9 ]1 K

! F9 f9 U, @# y, tM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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0 W6 ~/ b1 r+ w; r0 G. `  QL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。4 `2 _3 O' ?! a9 Q
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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., B+ F+ l  x8 X- I0 E: S

! r$ P$ C; z6 D4 i( N1 J9 k, p- NL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。5 {* F3 J* s$ K6 ^, x; i
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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。6 D% {* m1 V7 Q" A+ |1 H' A
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