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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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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.. A; g0 q; \' Z3 |2 T3 J: X2 Z1 W
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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?9 j$ |, W* S5 h0 \8 x8 i

/ ^& L0 o& t  W2 j; |+ K1 GM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ M1 }6 ?5 ?! w& y

$ p4 _( T) a: NL: 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。
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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.$ X  c, w& w' G" R8 U# |# _& O

$ o4 Y: \/ ~- F" i5 ?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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6 \5 s: o) \& ^2 N' A) a; OM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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+ Z4 C8 B/ |: K, l$ _7 vL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?  M* L7 Z/ B- X% H3 o3 d+ x; p
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., s. b' v5 k. F
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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?& G+ t+ ?" X$ h0 I9 ^
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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.' E; ]. F: Y8 s4 e- ]* j+ A  F" Q

- g- l; g; d% TL: 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!4 Z9 z( h; G4 f& j2 x3 J

' j( h% ]& i) cL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!2 V+ g) V5 A8 k/ Z; o/ u1 S

: j+ d. G* \( Z: K) z3 P7 M* D' n(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)7 p' }) R% |1 ]) A- ?0 b
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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。' z+ h$ X0 q9 v0 o/ |' s/ ]% n# C

: o& I, N% i9 o9 AM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.9 y  B' A& J1 P9 |0 g" H8 y
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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。$ u1 h- s- O: U# t: s: g

1 }/ q  m  h  |* @1 i0 SM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.. F" M4 F" R  D7 B

/ ]5 M% M- z7 [& d/ }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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7 Q' T, t3 g2 x% R9 M& iL: 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。# @' e7 u, k0 B" T
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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6 t' S9 V3 s9 x2 k7 SL: 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?$ J$ E2 z. S3 p. Z( X9 H3 n' L

' g/ |* q+ D; e7 tM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 [' L% ]* a; r" B% U3 O3 o
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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?& U' c3 g+ `+ v; ?$ d

( B, V! E- x. Y  Y1 ]9 x$ K+ FL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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. S5 C5 h8 ~* TM: 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。
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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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5 N  l4 i( u' a! ^! _$ ]5 yL: 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。) U; F3 O8 u, V# q
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