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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。8 e9 R8 `. k, U
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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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  F% r1 q' e  F5 v# NM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.% Y: p! P( [5 }, Q; R- P% j
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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?7 m3 w8 x  U2 G& B5 ^, n

8 \1 D! {6 G7 ?7 U5 W) D6 f- d8 vM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.' }) `8 ~% ~; s- o4 _

$ b4 I# ~' f- ^7 r1 Y. ]3 CL: 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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2 p8 R4 o# _$ d& e/ s4 T4 F( ^( E% ^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.( y& _! l4 C! L+ v2 M9 w. A8 Z1 {

  B' _  @; Z, j6 f1 o" l. k; T' 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" i* W" }" e* E1 y/ y8 W! s
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?, c: }0 e7 s: m1 D# h

6 m( R* v1 Y/ q  A; v7 @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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% h. c! B* P' C" hM: 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?
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' f' H+ G: ]! E' b1 l4 z5 ?3 nM: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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8 w0 M+ L2 @$ |# V% I: YM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)# r+ N# n4 t2 F1 G$ d: b  e

$ X- Y% \, Z8 g. GL: 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。& P4 `9 w' V* }. c0 D  h" i6 k( k
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.) p( C' }2 `- `$ j2 u
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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。' z% K. K) U8 p- S  L
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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4 e$ B& t3 L9 o) D3 W0 XL: 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?% s/ F% c3 p$ I  q; a

0 o- l, T" `! b+ AM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。% [! i' ^' D8 l7 f

# L' y8 o- ?* AM: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?* N7 Z9 c& V* C' s
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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.8 A5 B/ s9 Z# Y/ s, f* o
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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% S8 B% U4 D3 A$ k2 SL: 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!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。3 o/ T; p- B  b' H( B
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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.7 I8 Y4 H* R5 ^' b4 ]" `9 b

( f5 @/ d( U0 D4 h, _2 A( HL: 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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" K7 q# i# U9 L6 u! v! }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。' U/ A% u) E" U0 p; ~6 b; X+ Q
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