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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。. u2 n9 ~/ J+ k
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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.
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9 d9 u) t6 J$ U9 o3 W6 V+ {2 DL: 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.% K, D# J6 r4 X# P$ Z, Z
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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。& T( H6 X6 h3 e

3 c3 s; J! N9 r" IM: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.( f+ N5 |' H6 T
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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?
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0 O/ N' i' `. Q3 L  ^8 l: k/ b+ X" RM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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% [9 m# s9 i& V2 l0 y- H  k. HL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; d" }7 G6 k' D. u" r; b$ O

. d9 ^" O$ _& f8 f3 h0 B8 C3 m! @M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.1 y9 Z( x7 z* y5 k; s( m7 e

/ R9 q! S+ y4 o# p# N' z  EL: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.1 E! L. n' L% w1 d! l
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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?  `* C' O9 G' {

* i) D% J0 F* I* S- [) fM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' t9 F! _# m# \

2 [+ w! @# Y  l7 s8 S: Q, w(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。
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0 u$ R1 R/ m0 F% l& FM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.  E% u  N8 I0 j/ g; D* J# @
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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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! Z" R! j$ h; v' ~/ ?M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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( p, H! F* m2 n. ^% U+ kL: 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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: b/ C  n# I5 V4 }1 BM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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5 R9 {* c6 G1 |  R1 P$ q# VL: 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。0 x3 p( B! A; W) o& h

* N5 K  Y9 |  S: A+ WM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.5 Y5 @7 t2 O& e/ v
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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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. P, G9 c8 H+ ~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?
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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。' N6 d; B% A( m" ~7 l
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!/ L. h* ], `- j5 A' n, u
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。) ~9 Z  f: I' U$ h

! S( f# R- d+ NM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: \$ Z* p0 ^& t2 `! O! ^8 n

, H" D( L& l# l! fL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  k5 a9 \- E6 L7 J

* J% i% w/ r# Q9 \0 S" l; k- S( ?$ rMichael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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