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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。6 N; {9 S- M# }6 E0 P7 _4 F7 }7 ]
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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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# J( y+ Z) f3 sM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.6 Z! K- l6 t  a
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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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0 l5 u2 M) j& n  u) T3 r4 F. T$ bM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ J# H9 c$ \6 j# O7 r3 m" u1 ~/ \: I

: Y1 h- B: T- r8 f! m+ {2 N" 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。. j- F2 X1 y: v, W% A( n
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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.
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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?
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7 e7 f$ y- F) l# G7 W7 KM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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7 Q4 p. y- Z% H3 IL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ p0 b/ W& M1 d( I7 A3 p

/ p2 R1 `1 [& C, O! oM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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3 I/ p) n: o7 l4 M9 i- `. kL: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?- o5 |  h8 k" n, `7 C3 D! f8 V% ~
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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.% y5 p1 s  z# O% [) K% G: x
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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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: _3 e( d' D, DM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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, B' u# m- Y7 i) x6 dL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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! ]6 v+ f& M; i4 D  p; q1 j* |1 E(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)4 |  M! m$ L* T1 |

3 d; A/ q$ q; K" J9 N5 ?. vL: 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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( ]4 d0 L/ C9 ^) v" j/ L) C6 {7 |M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.8 x; I2 O8 t4 N9 D) \

$ H& a, e) m  k8 V. u- `) {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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.+ C+ M7 f# P( D* j7 ]. Q

" }+ W1 i/ v) }8 o! i2 w- fL: 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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- D7 ?% e% o5 s+ K* ML: 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。  n# N# V7 g: `1 B
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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1 }) D# Z! R6 Z, {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?. I" |# J3 |5 R* D( h' K5 c# K; }

3 x+ o! U! p& ~6 RM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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% J& X& O5 A( N4 I% CL: 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.; \1 H) n6 _  K! o
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 f( a. i: N8 Q, D) z9 f0 ~
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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。% k# E* n3 c6 ~: l0 x* l9 R0 G

  n3 d. {  A4 T- p: c* t! j3 _. P9 d- OM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 W8 B6 {& ~- T& X
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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' g$ n% A8 L$ h: e6 YM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.% a3 b& \3 v) v

0 m( q8 M# \- u* T$ J$ JL: 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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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。. f& [% Y- m9 X( R# u1 V
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