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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。! V$ e) |" W9 W: h" ]
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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!
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. ]2 ~( g9 A: s. F: Y& ZM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.2 _4 t/ D: S8 c5 F- M- I8 ]7 j" h1 ~
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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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0 ]4 B7 \: t5 O1 J) ?$ _M: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。; I5 g+ z( I+ ^! l! b
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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?! t0 l" `& v- L) T0 n# E/ E

& s4 V+ |# p+ U# g  N4 FM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 L, D1 H, T3 o& S

9 j) n% m5 j. ^3 E- QL: 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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) h9 k) J% t2 j3 gM: 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?6 a* ]: T. {4 }, |( |: K
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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., b- F$ @) P7 o' a+ o3 K

; p( \+ ~+ g. g  x% u+ ]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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' _) o( B3 Q* c) cM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: w. h# s4 Z$ D. _. T
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!3 i9 Y2 p; d* W! \. l" u

% F6 x6 j8 `" G7 N0 `(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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* T! G4 ~9 [& H5 ]4 G% sL: 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.2 ~. L6 e2 b9 Z8 g4 f4 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。8 @" W' K/ I6 m! D5 H: G

* i. k: d) K8 q$ CM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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# i  @) [( x1 j5 a# T3 `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?
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5 _8 I- y2 @9 L% d+ u7 VM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) f8 |' w* t0 Z9 j( d
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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。
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9 t* B0 P7 n# k6 }" T0 LM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?/ K* O7 p1 h- f' @9 M3 b

% K) k/ d/ ?* ~0 r4 tM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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: `, Y; o; J! D: s- L0 @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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* u" W7 n6 u; M- }) C7 }M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?: g$ K2 F' m- T6 K- H- s+ t

8 Q4 S9 a8 [, B5 DL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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! W# Q3 z8 {3 i! Y5 I; \, PM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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$ W9 p: d- S0 lL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。  i! X% `- T9 ^% |8 v' V
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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.2 }4 s# |# A% S/ {3 f, O: m
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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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