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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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3 L! [6 L/ B0 WL: 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!  I! b" O5 ?3 E) _" U

3 V' q2 P0 }" X$ t& v; M( Q/ E) TM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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0 _' o9 D5 S5 M% i- V" y( o+ n' 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?
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; P4 R" i/ g; ?! B7 i$ }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。5 A0 ]! J; A9 a: K
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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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! p' e7 I  ~% g5 z$ oL: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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- Z3 k4 s# V7 |( c+ J  yM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?5 X0 H, L0 M% [6 W& u

: C8 s  N5 i, R2 Z; S2 ~7 Z' P) |) GL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?5 B6 K4 U8 }. r. l
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M: 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?
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' C  T) y/ v- K  k! C; |0 zM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.9 {% e) R; {+ e* d" S' V4 ?- G8 [: e( {( J
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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?/ p+ _5 ?- K1 r5 q
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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9 v$ {' @) t8 i! bL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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, o% S0 z/ s1 c$ K& \' i(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)% b. }2 p, V7 _, r" c) c& j
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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。) j' z0 ?7 `* \
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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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; i0 W# j: Y5 E2 ^# E) M" `8 R& QL: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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2 g+ T/ g% c/ Z/ q2 E6 ZM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.% f+ K6 Z% K: H5 x

3 f, V& S. @" UL: 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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: s) `0 a& i9 o( i' FM: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.' ]8 N3 \6 V+ e- v/ |! K

  ^/ L2 j* ~0 ?+ A; GL: 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.' z- _( A: @* C
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ r5 t( z- a- D8 B

* G7 }" X% U1 W; n- i$ S6 `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!" f2 }0 Z0 H0 A0 d7 V

4 ~. k- T) O/ z& VL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。3 T  e2 L2 x3 @1 |* {' k" h3 W" u
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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./ c0 a% n: |* R, O
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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。. N9 I9 E6 d' c/ f* H& X6 E

! r+ _1 z$ s7 k) z9 t. vMichael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。4 H1 Y. N, J' c/ ^0 E
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