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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。4 K& O5 w+ x/ e
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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.8 C9 B; n4 s  _2 u2 v

# r$ t# J  y1 A$ Z( YL: 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?. m8 {2 j& k, K7 W: o0 R
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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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! [: F7 M& p) h, F8 VM: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.  m' N0 J: R% Y1 a

: ~7 t. e( u. q8 t, E$ s+ I* RL: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?8 g9 f/ A) V, |( r& m- _* ]: e

; j5 H4 t' H; _, rM: 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?( g1 p& k* M% _! S" y

# [9 B0 r9 P$ WM: 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?9 a3 A: w2 e: l, h; I

$ W, z8 \+ b7 C) N1 U5 v6 HM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.& r- @# }3 Y; Y5 D+ B( F

6 ?" h9 s. j5 i- j6 [4 [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?! {& f' H6 b4 v* h4 @  n+ C* ?9 ?9 e9 {

1 L9 x- O, a2 d( X9 ]( rM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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: X: T  L( O, ?3 b( \L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(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。
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' y- E; v  h4 q+ rM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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  h8 G9 V+ H9 }2 D. \% I* ^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。& K( N2 h9 `# f6 Z0 Z- q# J* {
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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; s' E( `: V* {  s( Y* RL: 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?  H) z- ^) S8 m5 K+ h% u6 D
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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+ q6 H; S* k6 l5 A  J9 TL: 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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* n! \/ J0 `; |! j6 N" q  fM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.3 ~0 c8 {3 h- P' A# }3 k2 B

) y2 _& t1 i5 E" C+ s( LL: 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?3 V9 z, S+ ^" D( h. t

; ^, D7 Y+ ^- RM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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- U" V8 |* D! d9 H; OL: 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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' O& D; s0 _" u! Y  B0 ]L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。/ K, B7 f& t* s; Q" N

! @4 p8 {9 L( f; j. b8 j& tM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( ]& A9 L6 h+ Q
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" E! |! v7 R2 ^- X2 `' b  M

, |+ k6 y7 ^) u& N' HM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.0 n' ^3 A7 G/ r* }, h- J

7 |  }$ ~$ f4 Q$ [* Y, b4 ?- HL: 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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. L; }; X! k+ S& m& `' B7 d3 l1 ?Michael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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