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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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. n- [7 p* t# y( Y  WL: 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!. R$ l: E% N: k8 O- @

" w: S$ O! u9 JM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.7 `# a# Y' s  F1 X+ `
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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?1 g2 @2 u; |1 f6 L4 h
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.8 S2 ~5 P4 U, G3 }8 a9 _6 `
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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。
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. P! [; j2 n8 I3 c8 T2 @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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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: 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?. N/ r5 R, h! p4 o
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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.
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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?, {9 u& A+ _. ?* g  Q  T
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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! {: S) ]. D# _; ?3 p1 hL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!+ G% G( {8 ^& ^0 s
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(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。, _+ B$ H* y5 n6 @) Y

# P% o5 T+ U1 h% NM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.# ^. r5 ]# k; |% M2 z( `
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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。
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) s5 r4 y# f/ h; Y$ o* ^: H& v$ AM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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$ X0 [! K  U6 gL: 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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# ], Q$ Z8 s, 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。# y$ q; x( w. L" r0 x
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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# P8 j! g+ v/ b/ h" T$ NL: 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.5 \8 ~+ @. R3 F5 w6 s6 f/ m( @
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!6 o: n+ d0 Y: t% f1 W! S1 }

! C% o$ H- `! Z- H0 KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。- K" H$ ~1 W3 t
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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.: Y/ ^2 B/ V( m5 r* h# ]% |7 b6 p

" }/ c% h4 S5 v/ _9 wL: 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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$ g( ^, W$ ]' eMichael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。/ Y$ u7 r" a/ m
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