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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。* e* r% [7 _  y. H! x) D: N. s

  {- [8 V% ]7 i9 hL: 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!; C3 \% \& _/ J9 ]  Z
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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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7 W/ a3 s/ W& VL: 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?8 N/ v0 V# V0 |* u" ~( Z  [
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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。7 S1 v. v, R# E, e
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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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( Y& s6 @" d1 U! O% Z; uL: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?5 R* \$ N; j7 x, c( t  ]$ V

6 k" Y3 g$ F9 C$ k  |% kM: 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?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.  }. n2 C% J- x5 F6 S
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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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/ a( c: O" {; u( j$ 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., z- D) ~1 r+ s6 ]

( v' G: `5 W; p! g( Z: F  F+ 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?6 d7 z; k$ ~6 L! C- m

3 X% Q# X' @% o% W5 a8 _M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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# z8 v. S$ z. KL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位); V4 J9 z8 |0 ~& L, G

5 s  }) ?5 c# Y" l& T: R' Q/ JL: 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./ V% s8 x9 \+ ]
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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。
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- v+ l8 m/ [# M; H4 @M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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' @. O# g( G$ L0 zL: 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?0 k+ r9 ^0 N4 X! s% Q9 v( P0 A2 \

' C9 D5 Z3 b! m# j. Z2 TM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- ]' d+ r- \! Z) H8 l3 H
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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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9 U4 R4 r- d1 N. ^9 n/ [" ~; fM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& L3 r0 z9 b/ r/ e2 }+ |8 h

. L7 o5 P. T: B  j( F) T0 O9 BL: 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.2 X( ]  B+ m* k# J5 H# e
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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.7 W5 ]/ P. M, v, i" _* y/ I

- B( [/ z2 x9 d) _M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?& z$ y' L: B. C8 q4 \

; `" ]7 B; {; u7 O: m4 }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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' i0 R2 T! {% G* gM: 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。' T% w% `9 k' v- J
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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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& G  i) M, h6 ~! d; Y! T1 ?: S# d8 qL: 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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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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