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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!
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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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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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.! a) i, i5 ?, z7 }) a% N, T

: h1 _  u( E! w3 i. j* |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' `  i  g3 QM: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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9 {7 `# E6 H: S$ U2 g1 e  AL: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?: S/ \+ G+ ^9 z, o3 F

! O- U) j2 _" pM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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* e, Y7 s8 y- S$ T7 o$ y) jL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; o: `  Q9 Q7 W# a7 u: z8 M

- Q1 [# s: k: c1 H) k6 tM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.0 P, k5 N! M  E1 z( `& t( K
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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?% F4 o) e' h* H5 x( ?0 F# w

0 l0 f0 f! P6 \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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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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* S$ A7 d& Q4 @2 Z3 \; ~) n; a, HM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!0 S3 ^- U) Q8 ^

* m2 @5 _$ Y! }8 SL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!* R) G* E& n" \8 `; F
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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) T5 z6 Z) I- Z6 ~' p0 @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。7 m1 F, V% s7 Q: }* @

% n- \, H, ~1 o! A1 z# L# \; m0 {% f  cM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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. s" j: {& V) x( p" X2 |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。" x/ I; Q) d5 a* G& N
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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?
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' r; @3 C6 U- C1 E+ u( _) qM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.' ~0 z9 y; \. A+ y8 q6 N

0 L+ d# T  c0 U) ^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。
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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?
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0 l9 P. w! a6 t8 {. D3 w, _5 n' @M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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L: 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 O3 x: l3 }+ i+ uM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?; B8 T& u$ E+ ^1 I3 ]" m
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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。$ p/ i  k0 s; J5 _

6 u. {. S( s- D$ V5 bM: 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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6 F, P0 c( }5 C7 o* B1 [5 mM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again." t9 }4 ~) x( C* e& U1 d

; G9 Y+ ]6 [- B; F+ w6 `3 wL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。0 l4 S4 x) T+ x" l* P( q. t' I% h7 ~

; I8 _3 p5 v2 f+ w% WMichael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。4 i; R. P, I) A9 ]. t
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