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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。7 ^! H$ }$ P1 W& L, V

1 p( ^: q9 S' PL: 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!( V4 s3 o* o+ r" l5 V8 s, I1 s
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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.0 |$ z1 ?, O9 T$ F7 K9 _
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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?! t8 Y; J$ U) j; V: z! R

+ x8 W0 I; B7 y5 \6 ^M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke., Z) f: _8 X) m5 z  g9 l

% P6 q  J7 L$ l6 t% |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。
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7 G2 Z5 j& ]* h! WM: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?" u+ n: H6 U' E% k

% f/ O9 k. W) l  F) sM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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$ b8 I# z& L5 k# p, Q9 ?L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?" T) d( H1 T' U4 G9 p0 t  ~" Z
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?! }; v8 P6 h( j* m( D1 D

- y9 U5 {, }2 G8 K# I$ oM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.) |: P. e1 [& {

% |( @8 L  H* D& k) a) ML: 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?( o9 A0 p6 `6 t. h. X  ]0 p! ^6 G8 g

& {, _# T9 y4 i% \3 }* HM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, s: ]9 ?. ]9 V. I2 \7 q

1 Y) Z7 ^  W) m( zL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 Z) B7 j* X$ p- i. [, \
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)) ?# E( }8 z" O7 F
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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。  H( U* c  A2 g/ n1 W
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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?, J% |- N2 `6 ]' p# K
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.! B2 k( b* M+ y3 h) [" r
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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。7 U" g1 P2 D- A+ [6 b
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.6 Q% ~& b8 |& |: o

" K" g' N4 f. lL: 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?
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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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; H& i( U' Y) G8 xL: 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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5 N, C! i, w4 d8 v" i  z$ F+ n: v3 yM: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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# j; x% ^5 @, o4 @7 [! YM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!4 K1 {( y% G( S
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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.. }0 ]- G: |- e5 Q) @6 ?

5 T" F# ]( q  O+ T, _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。9 w. x7 u3 t: k' n- l& `' @
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