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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。
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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!. ^: ~2 ?) r& C5 E6 r) y
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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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6 x( a2 j6 }8 gL: 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.* K4 n9 o& _3 Y" h" I
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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。* C' H. r8 S8 m3 W, {3 m

- O3 K. c4 {# t+ G* ^  y6 LM: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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$ C2 W( R9 ]6 Q! H+ x0 nM: 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?
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! `2 Y' ?! p! F8 uM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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3 ]5 X( d# v5 ?% V" a& i3 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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6 _( m8 A5 ~4 F- o( tM: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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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?
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0 @  P& G( G# Y5 u' KM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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9 G! w0 C6 P: O- c0 n4 N& zL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!! v- F+ h  ~( S" |7 r
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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: J5 [+ V" I; I" c- a9 C& @- c! P- @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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' W" l$ n$ e/ m- u0 b8 s  qM: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! U, H1 [5 k9 j6 j% |$ v
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.: J2 B# C) t+ s3 S7 r+ F

) P' q. r' `1 A% z) K2 n4 L; \$ E/ HL: 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?1 W" T: X( e5 M# p" r+ N

1 F$ P6 ?0 H$ O  uM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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( m" _" B/ l# uL: 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。7 H6 f6 d% Y; P. b  x6 H- ]
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?$ E- i% }& O: l, k+ @$ H

4 E* e. W1 c0 h& i  A( `M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 g6 r  ^8 D2 G4 v# @1 F! u. Y

; T, Z4 A0 t; I8 `7 c" ]0 WL: 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?" O7 x; e2 }) A, P

/ s  {  n5 X: f& EL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。+ D' G3 N% R, T  z$ _" u5 t

/ Z0 `2 k6 k2 ~% e& |+ ~0 w# vM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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% U3 t* _' m0 j" p/ o3 N/ eM: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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& E# C7 \+ _1 _' Q0 LL: 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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! g. z$ N9 f* x* H  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。8 ?! E% S, b4 f# X, W
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