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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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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!. y0 {3 ~! B$ I& F9 [
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M: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke." h4 q. W: L4 ]

9 g9 M# n) V% s- \* F; V/ Z7 Z7 W( kL: 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。" Y2 u4 e' e2 z9 z& I7 @

. p9 F. G5 h; |& I2 `; _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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8 j! B8 W2 u( W1 z! e' L' g) F! lL: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?# {+ X/ z) P4 R
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?; R" j. C( w" v. i9 j6 ^
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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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- p2 q: N& T/ yM: 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?
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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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# r' o( F9 q1 M, @; w# x2 Q

, ]: G# P; ]/ C/ ]5 }) wL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!3 G& g6 p' l6 k- D7 K& {* s. t+ P

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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。
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1 Y9 Z$ A7 z+ Z! ]  l9 EM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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! }- _% s8 n1 b! `$ F3 ]& H' mL: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.
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: E' N; _; X2 X/ K3 ]& ~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?1 V' H0 P% Y7 R2 Y2 v
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.* g" C7 c; Z% x7 W

; P" E  T! q, ]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。: v$ ~. d0 j* b& \8 b+ D

* W' M' W0 o# c/ C5 m: _* B- lM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; y! r4 L! {# t$ a2 C0 ]* `
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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?
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/ h/ F7 @  e8 S) q5 CM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 p. l7 S) J: r" Z) [; k" N
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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.& @% e0 q4 ~; Q) @+ Y8 S6 A: a( F7 x
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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。. D$ h- t- U, H0 q9 f8 ~* r

" O% D, v3 \% `! D* wM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!1 `, I, h: `1 e) R9 ~

  h# G; s9 B( r  b* qL: 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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L: 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。
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