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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。. L) V0 w& s2 ]
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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!7 q' C2 `4 M8 E

$ h  ~- a0 q( w/ rM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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6 _4 S7 F  F# ]9 U. 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?
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! _5 b0 @. m0 k5 [M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ R& z  C. s- }& p0 T
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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。" O, S  y1 G7 _/ h3 P- O. n2 c
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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.& k6 o6 O0 Y2 S" R) K/ z8 O' O) a

+ }- s  b6 g: Z1 K  x% V9 q* R1 tL: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 j8 |5 G( H: k* Q5 x) V( d

# Y$ a9 a. K: y9 {$ _M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 W$ i' ?2 W4 `. u, V

; W' D% ~% y* c8 C" _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.
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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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M: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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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?1 S8 N7 D( y/ g1 A- _$ }
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!  M8 v% m, x; m/ j0 w) Z: v  ^
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ ~6 A, G5 \; `% s, @
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)3 i4 N- A1 ?# C; Y

& _3 E7 U* C- T/ Y: ]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。% \% y' }0 r' _' \  [* a

/ C- \- j% s4 `+ O9 SM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.# r2 s8 w# g7 t! {( E* K* A3 s7 E

4 U2 [( [& S! }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。% t! o( D9 K! K3 Z7 v( a, v  _! t

7 ^2 |( s9 \3 I" N8 |M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.' Q  T6 w$ P) \4 y5 M
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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?3 @* }' _/ s' ?* P/ s
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M: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.
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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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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.% Y( B& }% |! z0 m$ I2 U& Q  ]
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?! R! D0 E: w0 u# k* ^
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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。4 G: r. \1 n4 ~8 |+ b4 B

  O' |& P/ Z2 Y2 FM: 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。
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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.2 L; M& r$ T+ o

8 G% R& i' ?( wL: 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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' I* T( r9 L$ w$ E0 DMichael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。6 g( S7 \* h: [& N7 w1 ^8 Z
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