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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。/ X4 Y! q. `' Z1 R

- C; n0 B* H+ _( v  I. k) KL: 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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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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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3 P4 ?# F. E( G8 lL: 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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* N3 t) ?8 g- P2 y, d. S. S/ {  C5 wL: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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& w) H: V' L; K8 P8 g2 n; rM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?; U- z) |. X" B5 s
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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L: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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  \4 U1 [7 M( LM: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?2 y5 h3 z; |7 I9 ?) u. Y: B) Z

7 K3 l/ c8 t7 I! p6 p0 DM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!* h6 o7 F; j6 ?% ~1 I/ W3 }
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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. ^. h3 l9 V! b" ^: z" S. m/ x(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。; A- i; T4 E/ t/ H# Q: n3 w

8 r, F4 v+ G/ C( q: [- Z3 e( v/ fM: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。, A. R- t" a& V' ^3 j
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.# z; U5 ~9 \5 w! I" B
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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?! D! w- `) ^) y+ y8 \! h3 v

* }& j8 t0 }. c3 i, Y7 Y( p! KM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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7 Q" B! s2 @0 C1 n- v3 Q2 r. QL: 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 H# H' G1 D- C* C9 b

4 s# m$ P% t4 t8 e$ U  T; U9 D) QM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* i* y7 _: J( r3 {
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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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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.% H* E9 m3 }, M' {9 F0 d" p
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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。3 i; n0 T! E2 X/ A: @

2 M0 ]% u% \% s* ?  U& P3 kM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, y& c1 A5 D  v& z7 ~* t: w* n

! y; s: r; d* @L: 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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L: 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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