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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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& o: h. ~; Q4 I6 bL: 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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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。/ Y7 G: I( B5 }" [

2 L% Y( U, f6 K$ o7 u& J" |& YM: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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- b5 K# b0 @7 G$ O- c7 J! h0 {M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?/ O5 [7 U* o; l! S7 L

$ y& |9 b5 r0 E; _L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; G( X0 u3 ?0 ]. U3 u

! M8 n* W$ t/ i9 g8 P+ Q5 s0 SM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., x" x4 L/ W8 ~0 Q) G+ \
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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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) c) Z- R: q" o1 R' VM: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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$ z& t( R: ~  Z" F& M; ^8 pM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!( y6 F$ P- l9 C" R

% J6 M2 I1 r1 F0 A5 XL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)/ G4 _! ]. e/ a9 Y; U+ @: j$ ?3 Z: K
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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。$ k& y) V3 o& K

2 q; i3 B% E. s3 m/ w7 UM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.& [! E( X+ f) N2 ?% \( s+ ]) X) ]
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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。  g& H! I2 W3 X% B) }* i" k

5 E) d. D) O6 f5 j4 ^* dM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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0 ]! o+ n. o$ }: J7 @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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3 V, t9 V( Y: z. P8 [- v2 o& ?: e8 L% mM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) x: L& @0 |$ {
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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。+ q6 y/ m& p6 x  l' C+ S

* `# i3 k  T, _# [8 |$ G/ X* G2 n$ dM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ z: @6 o3 O- \1 J  V
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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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/ G- R5 D$ c2 P  J, y/ _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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0 ?! k" }7 O& o$ a5 i5 Q+ xM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% D( M9 O& k$ G0 Z

9 E8 X% K2 c( K' d; `, M6 o4 Q9 i4 OL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。, i# {/ b; h0 ]) F3 e

. F  V6 J" `% S% Z% PM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。# g! ~5 ]( U2 t7 s! E- V

3 Y  p- d. w4 ?1 `" bM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.+ |8 j% L/ F- L0 N- W

# o* i% n+ Q( J' ?; v. B* u: }L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# j7 U: @* p# X+ t2 x- B8 m! [2 I

4 p% n4 R* M. p7 r$ pMichael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。; V0 a& y% C# r# Z& j$ g
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