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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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( @- c& b+ [0 b$ b& cL: 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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0 c5 `( T7 J, ~1 J+ DM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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7 Z( [# v3 T4 dL: 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 e3 e0 [. y0 k7 I

! _5 w) E7 f+ Z& \1 i/ X) [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。: d4 S# p% I. ]$ Q  m, U  A" N

' s5 k0 H* @, h3 T5 m2 }0 PM: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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* U9 L' e6 d3 iM: 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?
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. D0 o7 _, H" H+ t  ?$ |2 a) {M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.6 `3 G7 H5 p. F2 G7 A, X

7 p4 ^* _: d9 Q) k5 o, LL: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?
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* R" R" R4 B0 E, T. [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.( f( ~6 R" ?7 W  t

/ z1 h; Q" M6 I% G) ZL: 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?" O0 [& @$ R1 s: E/ z3 ^

$ K6 F' }$ y) K2 k' r4 U3 {! UM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: g1 V( @: w" T6 Z& A

! Y% [; Y7 t7 X' R0 W( }" e/ SL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!: S* e, e6 u5 g+ V4 c, K" X

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/ ~( Q4 h3 C$ r; J2 nL: 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。$ [% W5 C5 J0 J) T" @
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.5 o4 Q& M0 y: p; N' @

5 f* U  }5 f+ UL: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。; L, q# z/ o; U: {0 T

- R" c; D/ P2 y+ T& Q' ~" aM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.! F0 _/ U5 a; H8 ^: e9 J- ?
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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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; d( E, |1 x: ~1 ZM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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" v( e1 s/ s. m1 v3 wL: 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。4 d( y( F5 `  }; K3 ~$ I$ a
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too." d' g: T/ x) ]2 M' i4 q; O

7 g, r, A9 l, C% i# y3 EL: 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?  n) d, N& G" r* @0 f
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!1 L: d9 o: @- k6 h, |* a- h9 c# M
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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* q( V6 B9 ^: A/ h; x2 pM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.4 }* m# ^. E! r& [
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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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8 N& }6 t3 P) z* f, j1 a% D  Z* iMichael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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