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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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$ Z6 {( Q$ S, E  G0 O; Y8 _3 UL: 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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4 m! ?; u2 X5 y( O1 B4 RM: 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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& F( V1 M* j1 Q3 o* fM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。1 v: E/ ?( e5 J" c% ]

5 b. X3 @) G+ O. ~" kM: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?- y3 _( Y- b/ e1 ?

5 n+ d3 ^* A8 m& T& a' e2 XM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?( @' r8 S/ K- S" s" a7 F3 J0 x
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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# G" G' A( h) oM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' [  b/ r- {) p7 {. `

. _# f7 p* |3 ]$ a' n1 Y8 [) ?. H; GL: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?' A" U, n% |9 F: k5 k* W

5 m. c( t  {6 k% A6 P& a* ]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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) ?3 x4 z6 D( J- jL: 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?( l, V* [8 u" v/ f( H+ d

& l9 W7 Z3 C" _' QM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 r2 H2 q/ T  _* Z6 Z
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!0 v2 ^+ y. a* M/ ~! k+ ^) l& A% q
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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0 g0 O8 r8 R: dL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.  z4 A! P2 A9 ]+ f* n% X# s* f) e

) @0 f/ ?: Y7 {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。$ k$ B/ Y$ I8 G+ \1 S. d+ l
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.9 K2 v- C$ p6 R8 u5 t

# w8 c7 v& G: s8 P  n5 m$ b# iL: 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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5 }( d5 f6 J% p, I' uM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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8 ?& E9 u& }3 Z% }9 OL: 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。6 i& B" E# y& }  K1 D6 c
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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?# v1 a6 `" R: J3 ^2 l# K+ K4 a4 s

5 C1 v0 ~1 ~: g0 m6 N% O5 FM: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.* j* ?8 h7 V0 R
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ o7 J6 \1 F/ ^3 i

8 V5 ]* G/ z% {/ K9 w- pL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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( R9 P6 s/ E  z0 A% GM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!" W% i: a& w9 J  K' {2 h
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.
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9 K' D$ X# a( Q& S  i! RL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。& M7 Q8 F# R  E! x

! H! G5 b3 Q6 e! fMichael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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