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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。9 |+ S3 _& _+ E! Y9 Q& P
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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!* h, T7 x8 b% C6 h) \9 l

% G: ]! e1 z+ ]  r. K$ K" jM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.7 D4 X- R2 @& d  F) V

' M2 t7 g0 ?# a& j1 f! l) N3 a0 BL: 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。
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5 ?% Q/ y5 I. Z0 G8 ?0 t6 qM: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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M: 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?5 z$ h" p8 I) |: `! f  G8 U
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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; A& q) {4 k' s  _  }" ?/ PL: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." u5 t" E, U; c5 X

3 ]. U2 R5 {4 C0 W3 ~5 eL: 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?* Y) g% Z# `8 f+ D  R

% J9 `3 w5 j  l: y! e5 d% vM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!0 W, T% J, ^% b1 r" ]; ]; E) ^7 w
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ y- z% K3 n( S

6 U, z- E; x9 R3 n' {7 h. M(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 `0 P: \/ c( s5 M: }( |
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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。8 |6 a4 s1 O2 p* A

  ], m/ l5 T. d% J! R0 t8 xM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.$ ]  f, l& q6 t, j& |" D" u' ^
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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。
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) {( n. K7 L7 hM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?
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M: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' y9 q. ^2 M- I% i
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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?, A1 S8 v4 m$ B2 x  }5 C
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money., q% b  m' u3 Q9 ]
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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.! `- }( ^4 F) H, E

* K9 n$ O4 ~6 k: g) bM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( m! f& }7 e+ n& d; o: \: c- 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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!5 p3 m; B# Q# S8 R1 ]- R0 @/ q" w5 E  v2 Z
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。( j4 k' V( k. P3 s

/ Z, O( l) J: @7 `2 b) MM: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+ w. f; [. {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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1 B8 r' I# r" wMichael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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