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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。0 U2 Q. N& Z$ d2 r; ~+ h/ e/ ?

$ S/ I; {) e6 ^! \# v% f6 yL: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.7 d* w5 W: a; r" l. q7 `3 W* g
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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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4 h$ U$ g  d" x- W! N3 RL: 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。; g3 T8 W. r0 _7 _2 h
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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.+ k) W2 Z# n: w
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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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0 y6 n% H+ x+ xM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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, _+ b/ W2 Q4 [( u) n8 D% `3 `L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?% s9 L- Z. `! A4 W7 }( d4 k1 e3 K$ m
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." ^! B) x% C5 j- U- {
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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?1 T  E* E5 j8 c* t* x

& @4 X7 I- [5 Z# UM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.- P2 [; `* B" l( e
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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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: n' m2 @. U& K1 A6 ?! ^- C6 dM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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. A2 C5 v. D1 `, O2 F0 NL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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$ r- i' D  x7 |. I9 \: I& cL: 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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3 [6 a% C# N! ?M: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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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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M: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。9 k8 l" T6 c! n- s* A, R6 D

/ f, q" w; J6 VM: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?9 v- {/ j4 b4 l8 g

# v# m5 y  V8 y# F; OM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.3 h" o1 F2 W) }  a" N  R

- {: i  Z, Q1 V0 u( S7 S* J) fL: 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.3 e2 c3 h+ p7 q% B/ _
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?- p1 W/ x0 {" p- f' H
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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。5 k3 A! ]* K. o5 q" j' P
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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, t8 {; I; M6 x6 pL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ \$ G* B  R  P& h1 |
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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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- B6 t+ l. M/ T% m( a* tL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。% Y# r" l1 I0 y

, ^8 {! E) D4 e9 h) aMichael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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