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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 G. x( R0 u- u

& e; q5 e& ~# q7 _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!* `' _5 b/ X* _3 W

, M. ?, S( ~! n1 B( GM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.9 E1 g. C3 {1 F7 f7 \! X3 Q& A7 S
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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?9 p2 s( c$ ]7 O+ y* |0 E1 i. g

% D& S) @8 q  E1 s& d. yM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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+ Y  m* O" f) A4 _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。/ G4 j- u' Q. V. H

& u, D9 @1 N  U7 j, W1 W1 ^) SM: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.' A8 [$ M9 }. d- ~4 `2 R7 T3 [( u, |& m& P

7 _  [5 p: Q2 Q+ s! e- _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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?) C( _% J8 \! x  [: o4 E4 h" b

- Z( F) K3 }& C3 x* z! oL: 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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; ^3 I: M( d( S, S+ BM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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6 V3 j3 A/ ~2 w8 H7 F+ s8 `  ~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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" e% p# U3 Y0 m9 P1 FM: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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!  u7 @/ E: Q- Q1 O) _
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ U. @1 T, o+ G0 e4 U
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)& |( P* |" Z5 f' L' {. L
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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。0 Z: {0 }1 t3 J' ^

+ y9 K! y; v5 ^M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。  A( y9 I  v9 x/ x0 N5 P2 J* H

+ U: ?) K  K  L' o( A$ y: HM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?. B9 p0 [; O, @; r

  V9 `9 x0 \/ j+ {9 e7 d; Y7 D% X# mM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 \" _+ p' r; x' Z2 G3 `7 e$ H6 a

% Z$ r+ e1 P5 C3 n4 I$ 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。
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/ _; c, v; ^0 P, y& kM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* i: g4 H+ I: TL: 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?
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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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8 n' h5 X" \( o/ i& ZL: 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?! }9 n% Z6 I* U* o' p8 n8 S
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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。8 K+ `* a% ~( J+ K7 I
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!& Q: L2 {6 J/ K0 p- V, Q& B
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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." U& }; `" D! @; G6 X" z% d" q' X
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。5 ~3 x3 j: f3 B2 O. [

! I8 U/ s& H: x$ h0 |2 L3 ?0 e9 ]8 |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。% j4 T1 L' [' }9 k: u
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