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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!
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2 l4 _8 m: X$ ]# i- r$ s5 wM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 H' ^! S: l# ^) C6 E0 z; V

, y. ~( K7 `- Y+ o" `( P1 b1 q. b9 }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?; D% N/ k5 I; S; z$ j
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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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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。8 I, X, S6 k  A6 c+ G: T

& F5 O/ g: \* X1 H9 ]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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  {" n+ r2 O  m! q5 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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?
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2 P6 M4 |  @3 sM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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% _6 g$ x6 [. G& P/ TL: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.
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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?
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/ _* N6 N: |0 NM: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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- Y' [, U8 Z( ~& U# r(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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6 u7 v1 h: c+ |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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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。; o6 i' z, m6 h3 P
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.6 r! H% m" V; }7 M  n% `% L

. u& R* H4 N5 v& I& |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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. r7 E& d0 R2 ]) U# `M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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7 Y* i5 [! _+ L" v" l7 ?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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2 \( @: d# S2 d1 h% e+ OM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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6 z7 i/ _  }+ ]1 L2 Q- Q& l' zL: 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?% C" _6 i! N: h$ O; _  f% x
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 m/ S1 ~& S- D% f9 }& v6 D  y" v

+ n8 s$ V2 N8 W- M7 n$ `3 t: x, YL: 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。4 B: O! V0 r. ~6 q/ Z

2 M, {3 Y7 v! u: }% r$ ?" zM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!" b# w# g* J$ f, K9 d. V

) j4 A! {+ I% R8 A2 A; ^L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。9 @) L- g: i5 g
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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 ?; {1 `% o- e  w) \

" ?8 x- X: n+ q$ EL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。& `' Q3 ?! O  h4 f) e/ N, `6 A+ P% L

4 J- K7 i. G4 KMichael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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