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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!0 g. i6 V3 s5 A5 `" h& R5 M+ [
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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.
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9 m) k6 o& j0 pL: 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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* y3 R+ J; Q  zM: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./ }1 @/ C  V# \  K. D
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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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. ], r- A; H  n/ F4 b( JM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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3 J, f" c3 {/ s0 L# rL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ z( L& |7 m! s  N7 a6 v. ^2 B5 M

" P/ T9 n3 E% h  @' d4 i- A& K# {M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.: D  d5 Y) \, D8 ]& Z- R* S

6 r& i. q. j; XL: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( O' J( J- t# i3 b" C

( w4 o; R( t! X$ I6 i0 cM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.5 c+ `7 [& M0 J2 F' R& r
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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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* n2 B5 n9 ?7 h8 [2 LM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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! `& D1 @; C' v# l(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位), T. C1 ^. U8 S" }0 I
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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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  h  _" n, w! \9 x4 ~7 AM: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。
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: L; V( i4 G# G! LM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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6 [) b9 K3 I; \4 w* 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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" T: R5 ?# f  S3 |1 SM: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。8 E) N' [  v  [) S  d
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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8 Q) e: _. A3 w+ b8 [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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 S0 ~: u$ s" V2 z
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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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4 {5 O2 T  g5 u6 V9 I7 uM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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6 ~- z+ t& }& [: u* k  e5 i3 NL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。( U. o- R5 f+ _1 ^2 C+ R

5 y1 w3 K/ b) }M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, E5 U3 G) C" T8 Z( c- a& P: b

0 T: [2 m! ^& }" y) R/ iL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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* u, q. I% _' _M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.; G8 m( g2 R, A3 C7 t4 [

; a4 R8 j( p" r0 O; I0 PL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。; |" T1 W9 M1 k0 F1 ~$ l9 C# ?
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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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