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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。) a8 U; |' E" t

1 T. s2 W% a8 k9 A% @  Q. dL: 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!* G/ V  I# i  z3 T; r# u* f3 l
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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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/ }+ Q4 a: N* p$ ^6 v8 w  h/ iL: 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?5 X4 L) M- P. ?- }, c1 T0 T2 `

- ?5 z' K) u5 n6 u! ?M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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9 K' S- b5 f8 d- ]/ ~; V* YL: 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。0 q( P1 s. i, A7 f( F

- s9 e; `: W8 rM: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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?. D3 P* H) D7 D, k$ U/ R5 v

! Q; J4 V* C( G1 P, Z4 IL: 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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.8 _: `9 l7 W8 ~1 w! C
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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 T  I6 a" `+ D8 B9 ^
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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.' Y3 C3 H. m7 R4 w# n

4 ^% Y" D& E) e/ w# a- yL: 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!) g' a& s1 Q" z6 N
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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2 B+ O' D$ \, ?) i7 g(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 U' k2 L9 H6 X/ ~0 L- E  K
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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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2 G$ S4 U. ~" W. G; ~% j, BM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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" b, m1 e8 Q7 D7 kL: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?& O$ q) L8 P% p) F( ?. \
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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。" T4 f$ I! x' O+ S: c7 H
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too." f7 L/ E" i. z
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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?3 \9 C7 k. N1 a- F. |& p

: ]' ~9 i0 q  P- f0 K) M, rM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.2 \5 A3 s" D# K( T

. g5 o" N% ]/ I6 P: i; o8 F  ]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./ J$ |3 i1 m& K- {& }+ u+ U- U
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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4 m5 u9 V2 `9 V" x6 U: hL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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2 F* ^: N2 O2 s& dM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。6 O; x7 c$ s4 T; [0 _
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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.+ s, F$ ?9 D2 L9 i$ A: F& T
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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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