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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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4 a9 m0 U; t) I3 a" ]+ g+ qL: 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.
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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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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1 c) v; T* ?( ^7 l1 \% \: i  QL: 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.
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0 @. F$ d1 O- k5 LL: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?( G. T; T. I& ^( y* T- b# S
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?* _0 ^, v  a2 `5 u) h" t0 V9 H
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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?' _) t5 j/ s, \# E2 p

% a. f, c+ z% s/ s( C% jM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.. w- F! h- d/ m& P" l; _, ]! R

. u6 c2 G" O: g. SL: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?! D% H& u( m1 @: [/ }  o

  _. t2 x% K! A0 tM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.- A# Q7 p* i# c

' V- E% B& I# b7 p& J0 v/ [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?! G  t( C7 B  n' W" l
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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' j3 c6 \4 E' j) v$ B/ pL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( _9 Q9 b1 |/ v8 f! J& Y3 c$ m

7 G" Y7 m& @5 X3 p; r(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' {. B. o' C# x8 `1 O+ w
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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。( e' u8 r' F4 X1 _4 |
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* M- ^; ]. a  V
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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。5 X/ L4 n# u& i0 Q+ N/ L. g- x

$ @. p& B, P( N& {M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.5 w# Z7 _' I  V- R

' p  F3 @2 u4 \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?% m/ ^$ H$ V" f% |3 `$ J
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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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.. J/ V6 J, \! r- |2 h# o9 J
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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?
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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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% i: p6 K8 z3 L) i$ s* zL: 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!9 f2 g# u/ l9 J/ p( z* t4 F
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。/ O1 n+ W  T' m7 ?: ^- V$ Q
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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.8 X% p5 X/ W9 w5 u

. W0 Q6 E- G' q6 G* kL: 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 y8 L1 g  q& Z, u% P0 ?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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