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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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2 c( I, ?2 Z$ \0 w- r; c/ |$ OL: 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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4 U6 Y9 }* ?$ M3 t4 M  O+ B, _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?2 [' p$ {9 K- H1 g8 ^

" W/ d  z" F  N) ^2 qM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 o3 J# S" {9 [- h

2 Y% D: e$ L& A/ B' T6 bL: 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.! t" D9 S5 W; r3 c) N' v! W

( t7 O' A% x7 r8 nL: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?: I( L* p+ g( i( d2 L: u. R

/ h- p4 ^5 p1 L* Y  ~7 g) s$ _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?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.3 N* v4 [  Z& T" A

! n5 \' M$ u* F; b" eL: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?, L. K/ G% q# {4 X; g
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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.
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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?5 [4 W: k; `" `) W0 f

. z- _3 Y9 }2 T2 i/ {/ }M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!2 q; U1 B6 G; I

. h% r2 G; e4 h$ Z* [& bL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)+ z( a- d  k& q; C4 p

% T4 C! E& ~3 W' H  x# ]  lL: 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。4 ^* I: d$ q6 U( J! T) B7 m1 p0 F$ e
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( |# W" s0 z. j; ]$ V4 y+ @) X

: u8 a, u- d& S' gL: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.+ @. x" H  {5 e7 ^

/ v  X& [9 U: ?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?$ C* N# t0 O! i3 b0 K
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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! U+ w5 N% z. u1 ?- o- P2 vL: 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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- C' m$ `2 @' \+ _9 w) l# j8 kM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.6 P5 {$ I2 u  ~8 X1 j  D1 y% v

9 E; S' F: E. }3 S8 `6 fL: 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?* |. r2 i; W: k7 L; c1 r
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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.) c' T; Y4 v) u9 U/ X

9 f- S0 R1 q/ M: v* dM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?. ^; u5 O, n9 t7 K0 o$ d
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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。% @* @: B8 U7 H1 b5 z

1 T$ @9 i9 r6 z% Q; YM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!: d$ S# _, d$ ?! ]" d) H' h
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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+ n+ \$ b0 _' L: Y6 J! U+ p; H4 r3 AM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.. ?5 P0 j% p; O

7 ]. n) @' U0 j: d  AL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  z3 `* ~  p1 Y6 t' I2 @9 a' O

$ `" [, \2 `& T4 M$ s! u+ OMichael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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