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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!, d$ x/ j3 X! [2 F! A4 b0 g$ n

0 K! Q$ J5 m5 H9 B) xM: 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?* X( o1 E& p$ R9 ?

) B# `. x6 [$ Y+ M3 wM: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。% E1 t$ a/ f  c( |0 }- f. v

$ I$ [. \: E1 w, ]/ x# _2 z: fM: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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" C. t8 I( d# L/ L2 GL: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?2 J9 T' K+ b) F+ P
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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?+ s* T' R9 Z1 i9 T  |) k. s1 c9 Y
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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?5 l! Q4 i) m6 ]" u  m. \
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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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5 ^# ^+ j6 I1 d) m* OL: 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?; L* M$ c) P0 _. N3 ^% w
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!- j- }) w9 \' [' F, H# S1 N0 U2 H; A
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)% l0 I  v0 f. w+ a& T' v4 k

* ^( _8 F/ ?7 b8 _/ k  @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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( C1 Q4 z0 @- t9 k9 e2 M" }" w+ @
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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。( i/ n4 |- Y( A  i5 K
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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9 w( k3 S7 d) _+ U( qL: 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?5 f" ?3 S$ N' o2 l% n# K2 w

4 N5 n) Q: Y4 K$ w7 eM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.: |4 \( o7 W! C& @

, |6 U9 }5 k4 s. `6 u& {2 k) l' I! IL: 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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% ^+ y. A$ r# _) x" o0 l  uM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) }: y& p, @8 ~( w; u
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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?5 T7 a' ^* c# M- z

3 J: s# ]2 [' F/ v& N! aM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.+ b" f8 e# o* [+ @. ]3 n

2 q8 R' v3 K: t+ I1 U# m) {. O3 YL: 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?! f- i& f& g8 J: X/ V

2 A* z) ]4 K# H% v) ~8 q3 X$ ^L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。, E8 N* q( g" |$ E
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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3 B. W0 a& @, OL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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' ]% u' s8 g8 b% U2 LM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.% n) a* f0 B% X- B1 r# ?/ J1 u

6 z+ s) g) L5 W1 k0 Z7 L% aL: 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。; u( P+ f# o1 R2 m/ I( s
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