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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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! o0 r3 q& e6 Y( b) y& b3 IL: 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!, V, m# W4 \$ M9 D  v) u

( v9 {  l6 P. J" O2 JM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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# J/ W7 d, ]' U9 ~) v) K1 ~' h6 jL: 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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' G0 @7 f% U' ]2 }' R, MM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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1 s' W# I" ~, w6 LL: 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.3 h. k1 x: ~6 ^" F% P" u" V
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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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! _1 L" M8 W, I" |
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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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, I/ x; ~! m( y6 y( RM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.* _9 B0 ?, Y3 A3 _) z

3 N& K. J( R8 v: |8 h, DL: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?' F1 D2 D# c4 o0 R* F

# d& p2 A# H0 g  |+ `* jM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.2 N  y* l6 z* M. }( \5 l
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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?
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' w7 d3 ^" `( \; \- @M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!( f% N" G' A/ l) L5 h* M% F& i  l
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 s  `8 L: R$ W, _, m# m; ]
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)+ d9 `3 {  H5 D
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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。: p* p0 l( Y1 W7 y6 g

( A7 g! i6 }) i& i% [5 s3 FM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.' m" Q8 Y2 s' K! |$ L) x
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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# h% C; u! l! Y! s# }M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., [' Y$ M+ z$ H2 n; V  a
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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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  o1 p8 \# w, l* jM: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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0 T3 U6 A( {: z2 @M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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6 u! }) m& w+ d, w# X. B6 SL: 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?2 Q5 ?  Z5 e4 }/ ^2 ^

, I( T. D: n! J% M$ ~" qM: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.8 Q1 V' v& Z1 N7 [) h/ T( L
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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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( O3 n2 D4 p, y' S& ]M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!7 q8 z# e' E( G3 j' M$ C7 ^
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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0 k6 u/ F4 v+ F. E& H: nM: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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。5 x' S  v- g7 V3 a0 P

1 @& f/ |1 @+ t% j3 I$ K- [2 A- rMichael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。# ?3 r  p9 I+ G' z) h. Y0 E
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