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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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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!* e% k. o1 o1 Q
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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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8 E6 g7 a7 @& n  J+ _! |7 a4 Y  EL: 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?, g, F" K7 S. Y& E/ f3 A0 ^. f' p8 i
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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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M: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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8 r, M, J4 r' B/ Q0 e  f8 ^( }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?% H6 W7 S- h1 n8 J# T: ]
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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( t6 V7 ]  s* t- t  e: R. i* ~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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/ K2 j1 ?  O9 B5 oM: 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?( ^. k5 `% j( o3 i

' u1 A" c. i; Y0 H' _- }6 U6 iM: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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$ _8 u0 _& a* j$ N/ q4 w# y' KL: 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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!+ H1 f/ J! w, j/ T+ o: [
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)  x( w- |: }- }. X

% S" q9 Z7 {% ?+ RL: 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。5 n* S( I9 H' k
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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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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。. ?2 x$ D% @  s, H9 w% a% L
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., {. N/ f) ~0 J" m" d) d3 t6 j/ L' M

( r3 {- W* J- `+ F, fL: 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.$ V4 F1 V9 Q# O- U/ f4 K
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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。/ D' w# L8 a6 A# C7 X$ e7 r
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) ^$ A$ h( S" H3 W! M( O" D

0 R& Y$ w$ T- r, Q, vL: 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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0 W$ T( G" {+ CL: 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./ i) w# N4 J3 O5 I: G, s8 T8 F

; O3 `" J' L! ?# AM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, M$ d* ~9 ^, c: W( G' @

+ x% t  P& t6 V1 i% a( CL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 u! o2 {8 G0 o4 Y' B/ c% ^1 l
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M: 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。+ Z$ E& W3 f7 |; p# `7 C
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M: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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8 S5 R2 n: B, }4 E4 w7 j1 r( lL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。% o9 d2 W; c' A' C7 i- B: U

8 J# B' q8 N# 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。/ q2 e; n  P7 ~5 t* [8 N* g/ X
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