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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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& l9 R! R& f8 CL: 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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8 I( S' e' E- u* Z  zM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( ~. e/ b1 t/ y6 R

1 i. t0 t0 ?+ f4 IL: 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 m  C+ v5 p9 `( C' ?
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M: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。' @* G  g) i/ A/ D% l

5 s$ X# m# @$ A$ c) Y) c: yM: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.6 T& O( T/ \! ?& ^0 C
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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?* Z; s% P6 o; q* o8 U$ ^

/ Z5 F  p' v% y( O! n5 L. `M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?' o7 [1 }1 C8 l/ N! f, d% r- I; w
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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?' z3 L+ y1 W: z# r) v  R. B* B% s. a, L
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.1 [. x* Q: e( i! D

2 i/ n2 J7 E! F+ @! RL: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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! c% P  }- C5 p# J6 O/ 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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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?+ z/ Q3 X9 c3 B7 r6 g6 K* C

& F0 R' m5 G' pM: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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! I9 q6 W# y3 n6 `/ e( O9 h(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。) M. m& H9 S( J% `  ?
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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- O0 G6 Y+ d; n! X, D4 l+ IL: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 h1 t1 S$ g% N! s$ U8 E
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.) G/ q1 Z, p. e' k+ `) y8 x

  E1 _( G* _) Y) }1 G  HL: 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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M: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。
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: P/ v& l/ r) i  i/ A. wM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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  w. @. d4 F2 t& m$ k/ w! C* x" eL: 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?/ K- T# {; V/ U/ ^

$ X' n3 k( p: l8 i5 pM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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1 A4 P) S. M! B9 ]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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?2 M9 M) N/ F5 k) u( X+ n3 ~
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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。  E" b2 O& L2 A5 W. l+ K
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# R; a( }2 m1 x/ L) t' g; l+ yL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。% z  x* w+ B5 q3 ]# P7 ]. H

! u4 r7 P$ R7 e- Z; JM: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 e9 \. Y2 k5 E& [% W' K6 dL: 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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. v$ [9 ~% M. @0 u  QMichael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。& c* J% f0 U8 I
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