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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。5 a9 R) {$ o% P) l" r+ M
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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." ~. Z( M" C0 v- [
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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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9 L* H5 ^2 j' b* R! oL: 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。# _9 u; Z) b& M4 G5 S$ G

. i7 K/ x7 n  B. ~4 [% O1 ^8 cM: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.9 A7 m/ O4 k. e9 `$ q
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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?# C4 g! P+ J7 V( b
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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6 E  g3 Y7 k# y, ^- Q3 M) qL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?/ V+ G+ N6 }4 |. b; c+ ^' L, b

3 l6 p  P/ d- v; q$ {M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.. y' j( v) e3 F& e9 e6 ~
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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 e& h, @7 Y% g

! I( V3 J( _4 J& W9 d, q/ wM: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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! c5 s- b; |6 I  T9 ~; @6 iL: 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?, Z4 X& G! `" R. r$ J2 o9 g
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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8 L! D& ?7 e  |6 `& o. HL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 `( f# d" \9 c$ a' ~7 y

* x& R1 O  W3 Z+ f(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)" ]1 }" h  V$ M* |3 E1 A% C

# w0 w7 o  e- h" U  _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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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$ X* u2 a& g9 y' d8 e) a; 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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; f3 t( B8 {0 X5 kM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.% Q& ^0 p& l& M1 @9 x, e& ]
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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.$ B  W0 O, F1 H) a: F8 W
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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。# B* o* I# T& G1 Q
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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" [& j; k8 b! i/ _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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5 ^4 g5 F* n" V' Z/ O' z* XM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.2 t5 S" r) X! p5 V9 t
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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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7 X  _" v* m: S' `M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( n  A; x1 f/ Z/ W

. [7 S' B8 @* e; cL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。7 A0 ~' E4 P3 {
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!5 g1 S3 S8 \0 F) @/ L% Q) f( A7 d
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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! U' v1 S& k: `M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.5 N4 Y( N, @) a+ A; a9 M7 o

1 n, w, ~1 O; g' N' g) B) ZL: 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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. V( v* z7 k- v" CMichael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。# e4 q$ I2 }) P% q5 v0 T& `
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