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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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+ |' [8 ^8 b$ A% u: K  wL: 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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9 y! e# o; x+ e8 ]* |. t6 AM: 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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! s# e' u- ~# t4 Y' s: M: eM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。
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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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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?5 W$ I: g- I* @& S$ Q  E- P' n
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?: R7 f0 o, n8 t+ ^+ z% x# n5 l

  f, f; I1 F/ ?" |L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 g( b5 Z/ U/ e' n  z: ?$ o5 e

8 \4 n% A. l0 \! g9 FL: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?7 z( m1 W8 s4 \% H6 l4 h8 ]8 Z2 G" m  O
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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.
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4 I' H- K' G/ s9 A. V, P' KL: 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" ~7 a9 l- Q& o0 c

. ~6 L5 y" U2 B) r9 sM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. Z$ q7 e9 Z# }' h, Q3 h
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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2 T$ T- x( E5 Z: h, R, w# u  u% C% ?(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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4 b, j6 |$ f* b8 x" m% G: ?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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3 m2 z# [: d$ N0 J* T# {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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# ]% Q% |$ ]7 a6 c: ~: rL: 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?# k2 c7 |6 b$ R  A: T
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 l" J& u# h1 a* A! w* N; v- u5 X' \

5 j# X1 i% P4 e/ [" |/ YL: 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./ S6 w; N2 K7 F, d% I
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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?8 I: G7 |) j+ O! T8 g
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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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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.9 b! c8 X$ k& a1 b$ y. D: J
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( f6 [1 H7 w' _6 b
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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。, s( o, r$ c' ~& f: C0 ?
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!1 Z! q3 W  t, o! Q' ?7 y

7 J, C; f: F% [5 ?. N9 sL: 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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/ x$ P- D8 N( A0 cL: 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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' G. h' h# G$ X3 I0 F6 TMichael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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