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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!
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. K) k, `% W! a! L$ w- qM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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4 }* ]$ k) f* P5 IL: 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?$ U8 w: j6 ]5 Q$ a" u

4 t+ v2 U7 f0 Z1 {  k+ g# sM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.1 W) {! l8 C5 l$ a3 [
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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.( o* i, j; J; Z6 N# t9 M. I% k) S6 M5 U# [
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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?9 {5 J1 f1 ^$ j, u

  k: N$ S, W3 M. q4 j9 U& ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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! i: d. B' _% c' wL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?. N6 C- F: H/ x" G7 k5 |# J

) [& s- }& T% B1 B) J$ HM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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: c1 u% X/ l8 B9 k" cL: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?! ]5 }7 R# b! s' g, F3 W

# i. |0 N2 V6 F* ?1 `4 S7 x% FM: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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, e' V4 G4 f% M, q, AL: 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?8 L' ^% B* Y4 ~* m( B

$ {( H8 c% A' p) uM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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# c8 k' e4 d+ J1 \4 J& q1 jL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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7 X3 j  J) i) f6 ]* Q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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, U% ~) C; W8 M+ V0 C4 ^6 aL: 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。0 ]* ~( Y# g# e9 S0 R, d/ s! Z
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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+ {2 O1 e) n2 V1 X! KL: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。" |* T4 F+ @/ C
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.7 {1 z+ ]; [7 d8 ~

0 t7 R9 m! V7 }" s* b1 y  y. i' p' p, \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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; [$ _! ]9 {& ]: u  OM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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, ^% E( F/ c( l$ ?: yL: 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。3 y2 ]' |. j& D3 Z
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.+ R; S  b, E0 t2 y8 N
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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?
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) g4 k3 M$ o6 C# a$ ?  [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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ o, k8 E8 q% X0 h$ i& C5 l3 L
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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( ~; S6 t/ ~* d5 m) C. T0 ~M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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/ D( S/ ], H0 R" G8 t" aL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.6 N3 r0 k& ]3 q& w, [

" [- s: U9 n, K" 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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* G& S+ y0 l) `3 L6 C! p  TMichael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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