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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。. l  g! K! N. ]1 q9 Y9 v) ]* Q

* a) a# h# A; g9 M4 n8 D  \! eL: 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!6 x+ f9 J4 `) A' E3 v8 e

' G7 Q; ]9 q! y# X+ nM: 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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3 F4 m' _! o6 {5 P/ AM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.# K- M/ z5 M& ~  }0 \4 w7 A

) z& M, x, B# ^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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* @- H6 p2 N) {8 T! i: RM: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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$ f0 {+ m/ K3 c8 R8 oL: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?' g' G# \2 l7 |+ s* u6 i4 i
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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?- L# g8 g8 [" ^: ]
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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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. z& N2 ~0 Z5 |  J- U& M: _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.0 H% B/ |$ K8 e: l+ P  S0 @( q

% n" G+ P) C+ e: CL: 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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7 K& N( ?! C/ G) G  @M: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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6 I% d; t' o3 o2 w* J& X(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)0 _8 B+ L8 b, u! X" @. d& q& B' o

+ f4 F/ }$ N, }4 O3 @4 a" dL: 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。% y$ l" u# r: q

7 U) d, ~% H. ~! PM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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0 ^4 D  F8 @9 W1 a1 v3 fL: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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+ \7 w1 u) N- m, b. k0 ]M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.0 [% S  ]! M7 M! L; v) P

# L1 u6 m) v% F4 A4 vL: 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?- [# @" _4 o  N- g' L5 j
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.6 ]+ X& }( O6 g* L1 R
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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。; M; R: X0 Q* `
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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3 M3 t+ @. `+ y$ I/ N5 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?
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1 o5 d' Z% E2 y: o1 iM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 o! c2 C% M6 L5 @

8 Q+ {% [9 ?3 V& f0 ^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.0 }3 w* V* ]0 m7 l4 |" F
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?2 ]) R8 r- y. Y5 f; o( H
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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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7 a  j; G9 Q3 ?; j! ^M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!$ U: h5 U. s' m% O
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ x( [* p2 T1 ^" N' @% u+ |% ?

- v. ]+ M* s. m8 R' ~* T. u6 oM: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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5 O0 S. j* H& O0 ~0 ]# DL: 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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8 k5 _/ F) Q( g9 |. oMichael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。. |$ K% S0 w: c2 A5 E; ~
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