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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。6 R/ U+ [# o+ S8 @. ]( t) v
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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 W$ q, C/ M1 v! h+ t7 A0 F6 `: P# B
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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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" t5 n- F% s" GL: 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?( W8 u( H; `: R. I
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.+ }0 o& a  |3 ^8 L) z. u/ g/ j

- _  X; b' i" JL: 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。: l( c, G' y6 M0 J& b% e0 q
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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.( U3 l8 I2 a* E" z% I7 q
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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?3 Z( c( d/ q$ z8 s/ ?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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' B/ n% F) c; v6 U  HL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; ^& [, V7 d) ]

9 F1 J, `1 @$ u% i9 k- e" ^- cM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." s6 s. ]! s* ~8 e% i! \$ h

1 g$ U" b+ k' X  {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?
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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.
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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?. u; l. P# D+ w7 c* G7 D2 P: W
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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6 l3 n- T$ V4 \( q7 zL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* ~( e" I* t6 [2 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。' u8 g9 _' q2 r5 U% y

* E/ `' @( @1 H) h! \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。) O( Q3 g0 s% y* g# ~

0 p3 p, a/ W7 Y' W! u+ {. r$ MM: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?) E% V" ^9 ?. _4 K

* U. M/ r& T2 y* ]( s8 p4 j6 l) vM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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, `/ M) p: b9 w/ k5 j2 xL: 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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3 H8 ~& q* P  M7 @M: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?" X! I" A1 e8 {0 O2 s

, S) `0 G& x: jM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.# Y& T8 ]# F) b* v& M  ?) E2 m
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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./ X& _- R2 ?: I8 `* I
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ I8 `4 ^7 \% z

# s( ]  ~6 w2 fL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。/ L& K' S5 E& H: c  |) V; v
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# H6 D$ ]$ N! P1 p; ?; H; @

: g! @) t& q* v4 |6 D. r% QL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。. L4 J( H9 E2 f3 m0 H+ N3 e8 \

1 f7 Y$ X7 q3 aM: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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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。) ~3 a' T  D3 q, _" T6 ]2 x9 C
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