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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。3 M  @. O) }& |. a: X: X6 X% K
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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!0 ~9 r' _0 ~0 U( H$ W0 X- a# Q2 j" q- X0 `
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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.. C1 w1 w; z7 ?, c& k: b

! z5 |4 O: P4 {$ }4 {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?) |1 E3 T4 s# q* L8 m
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& J, ~+ _3 y# b* h

/ T* Y7 {4 ~( i* T# wL: 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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/ B& P- s; P5 U) H, @. BM: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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$ ~* u8 A* h5 a4 r; k' h, l+ B" P1 UM: 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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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( W3 n* U9 N4 @# qL: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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: P' t7 |% S6 y, G, B. G
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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: r$ U: s4 s# M2 M2 p* Y(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。" ~, A6 n% }, c" _+ J. _
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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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% f  `' Q) W8 [- ~6 p  nL: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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.6 H4 X( I  ?% X/ G9 p

& l7 h, T; [8 w# i. R" y5 |* B5 pL: 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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  d" u5 \5 Y# v0 I3 mM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- |/ i2 r4 c0 o7 r7 ^& n
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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。9 O! T$ W  u% B% g2 U5 I% Q
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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" n* N0 R' \2 J, bL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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0 u, Y/ `( ?3 M3 w6 v/ UM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: |1 i. a+ C$ l# |1 g6 j
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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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# D" K, N! d9 q5 O3 N' \: D0 hMichael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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