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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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3 V4 X0 k& Z1 ^/ j, V1 j% AL: 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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. y& T/ [/ G4 W2 D$ Z) `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?# r0 N- x5 f9 ]

' o# I% r; C0 @0 HM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; N" \8 ~+ Y5 N; S) C8 N6 a/ e
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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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9 I4 G+ Z9 E: _3 {& u7 q3 n/ l/ H' aM: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.; i- p. k7 p( v. N( y$ O1 W* B

& @0 H# h9 Y7 ~# S5 uL: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?8 l# G" W9 k% Q

' k2 n" i6 `: B7 a: a/ LM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 w7 D, {+ @7 n, {# ?

% O+ w5 v6 A5 ~* K& sL: 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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! {" n4 }2 g" }& kM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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0 Y1 S; Z1 z) Q; rL: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?% a& U" Z8 C$ v- m

7 ^" r/ r1 W. F6 L5 ~/ n! R! i0 fM: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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, w3 H' e1 c, n/ j/ ~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?
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8 ~: F2 I, ]0 K' X! a# pM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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' B9 t* o/ C( {9 |, {! n5 [/ b0 @L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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8 a& b: j+ e4 X% @% V. d' }4 d0 {3 `(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' W3 m4 P, [- |# D. k- \% @  ~" {

8 J$ n1 W- \5 Y2 _9 W; I  qL: 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.# v: _9 a: ^% p9 d$ N6 U5 g

  T! X$ Z" u. Z# q1 O* A: u3 Y4 GL: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。2 y5 F$ x8 e6 B4 G: O) Z

: k8 M2 t- T0 q0 q2 e! XM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; e: b% ]; ~& M  d
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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?
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( H& w5 p% X8 W" l% \M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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7 P0 q% p: i: j4 F6 V; P8 OL: 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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/ \) r5 G# z& k8 x7 S! I) kM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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- K" H3 L% ~- i* gL: 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?; t/ c0 s2 }7 p0 _& [8 u

7 ^. o. P7 a! ]M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& D( v; {( f8 u1 u4 ]9 V

' v$ H4 c$ m' o- s/ o6 g& Q" Q+ Q) gL: 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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8 x% Z: H8 l' Y1 ~5 h0 CM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# ^: S5 j# e* _% e

. P! ~" {  Z$ V2 l! y) n' aL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。0 E; z/ ]8 u; A, X& \

* [& Z$ G/ }7 k3 ?) A0 o. E/ }) ~M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.2 U) }8 `; n! ]' l( W8 {5 \: T8 j& p

  |, w5 m0 b4 n/ BL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。! n$ l$ m/ l$ Z3 o+ z: @

5 p" u- ?/ ~  [( @  m6 cMichael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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