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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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) E( }+ D" w9 K& iL: 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!8 P5 C& i& `' C& b1 d& ]
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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.% l# O" e! Y8 r( E& t( |/ F" i

& F5 P0 z9 G1 |: `& J$ g# T. HL: 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?% _  O0 X- L* }+ {

/ l0 a% k: s0 a0 W2 mM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.- I+ ^- r; e) d, o
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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。" g9 H/ d+ N7 H

* {6 u) S/ g8 Q8 D8 y0 CM: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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8 U# `0 u/ A2 sL: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?% e/ e8 _! M  C5 s

9 W5 X* O/ y6 O  W8 k* L. mM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?0 f1 F$ ?- F0 p
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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?0 v  n/ O$ C% a7 J- h: m1 [/ _6 f9 J

/ c1 ?( s5 d6 `( rM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?0 h. B+ V- l7 F2 A7 |3 R

- S! }4 O3 u2 S2 CM: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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, D/ R" {9 u% S1 h; a5 Z, x1 hL: 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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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1 ~1 i3 O6 V7 q" i  @) b* D1 |1 ~L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 n4 \1 u3 x& w4 E; }2 Q$ N/ g
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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; Z# g( C) _- Z+ E3 [4 ^" `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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/ t7 [; b) {% L1 L8 d$ D& r4 O8 j. W5 {M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 B8 ], x8 ^6 h+ T

$ S! r: f4 ^7 s% C# B, h( d: B  |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。4 z1 q! t: M4 M9 n

5 d) M- [+ I# B2 s1 ?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?8 s: I' i) w5 F1 d& T
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.( t/ _+ w" i2 {4 {# D- c6 w; L
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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。% {" U, Z& P& K0 z* @# f. g: x

4 p% ]: m5 A9 H9 c8 I' NM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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$ j/ Y/ J% `: S. V  f$ C  RL: 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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! V  X8 c! [- n# m6 KM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.3 |9 X9 C0 }/ i
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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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) K; j3 J  n2 A! S! wM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!6 @! C' ~" ^; o* n9 h

. p1 X% Y+ t1 ?2 t2 y2 I1 f. YL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。# R: F5 }1 T* C3 s3 N- b% P

# K4 F) V6 g3 V1 P& ?, XM: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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5 A8 L$ k2 x& K; [4 C0 IL: 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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! H: U5 Y  ]) |2 H7 RMichael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。
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