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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!; j5 Q# }3 c7 t, p& }

0 v4 P# J" Z" X# F& a; K+ EM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.. m" t% ?% I3 I- v

- p/ W% O4 `* c3 S4 n2 `1 WL: 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?' `, [1 M: f+ n6 D

& j" Z7 o& a. k8 b) l$ cM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke." `7 \! ?4 P  w7 @8 k0 a# O1 R

; a; L) j! }4 H: @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。5 [) i) P2 d: x
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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.$ {6 H& L1 F2 @
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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?. C: z$ e7 L! t8 r. o+ }
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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0 `* G& I9 |9 @' I# t, jL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?& a9 F5 \% J) H3 r

4 N: T7 w7 m( R- O6 C; R' VM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.1 r. p# O- j4 K( C) d

! ]' l  \+ Y/ t9 r' Z1 a/ O  oL: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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+ K/ H# G, I/ A4 ZM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.7 h; j/ i" d2 f

0 h, [; @% B8 y0 v+ 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?
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! J3 \2 T+ |9 y4 v) A: vM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)( V* j& h: L$ p3 W

6 y: M8 q- y5 l* bL: 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。
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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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( s+ C! f- T4 B/ iL: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。# t. L1 R. u4 W- V+ {
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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! n, q& a# T3 i5 B0 p& U8 WL: 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?/ ?# X4 t) Y  u# @- R$ ^

# R$ u0 e% R' Z+ o/ RM: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.8 N& U6 Y0 |0 ^3 O: A; d

1 Y" x" Z/ r$ U9 j: D5 H  yL: 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( z% k2 O6 a

' ?/ b: A/ l2 h  F" ~# ]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.+ @/ Z/ K4 `, T+ n* ~3 j

8 _2 u) `/ L) |$ X5 IM: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!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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- W3 q0 I& a* c7 h# IM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.5 P, o/ e7 n; F: H- }+ Q

) O# p% \' R0 q- o4 _+ mL: 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。
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