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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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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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6 Q) {5 W* E7 j1 U$ T) M$ ZL: 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.4 S+ O7 ?. z1 x* Q
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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 C! \/ ~/ Z# _2 A  d! z/ D8 _8 pM: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?
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* Q# I" R: L' y7 q8 ]* y8 g+ x3 iM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 s# l* B! {7 c0 X

5 z" O6 n+ ], D" R! s; P, H2 [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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. A) m0 q4 q$ R) J/ ~! [M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.; `' |, z2 D2 g1 C' p2 {# h

/ T5 w# U0 ^2 ^$ V, HL: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: J$ V9 `; z! }' l( v
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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.( }' W8 r9 F8 p3 _' w& I) t

- f/ {- ?# J4 K9 _! t6 [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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 L5 Q/ Z0 q: p6 E
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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! H4 Q# n1 s" w1 |$ v# j(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)3 m' ]) n5 A! {8 I
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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。) u% [' R% v7 f
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.2 T: ], Z# L! p, Y& l) g" n

& n4 h  d& k1 W- g# h; N0 L; QL: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。3 O  P1 n: A" r$ H/ V, ~$ u
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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. X$ v0 m% ]. @8 dL: 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?3 l: J' U. L8 o* N! t- X

( u6 [3 O1 M7 w* {( f! E0 SM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.  {  \( x% S+ k0 q3 R4 ~
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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.4 [" J! }" G# R* d* G
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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.
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6 x4 m. P% Z( _8 c8 u& h. nM: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。0 N' q4 H& r$ L( R5 L/ F4 c

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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ H4 ^+ L, `& {9 _& `( s3 c% R

. K! w- ^+ i7 f0 g& E1 JM: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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6 T( V6 l6 R7 Z$ u6 r3 u' P0 bMichael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。. ?! @2 \( i6 I, N1 S
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