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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。+ N* {+ D0 a/ ^+ G6 r& k5 D7 r$ |. Q

/ n, {6 a' z$ [, d) mL: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., O( a! S! F1 g$ K

8 [. K; C0 Q) _: L8 `1 f4 tL: 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?! Q4 q- E6 l/ i3 n; O
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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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- u- A8 d$ [' E) ^8 r' _5 WL: 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。* X2 ?4 ]! t4 c- |- I# W

0 |+ @. h: ]: e$ zM: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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& K9 e4 Z- [5 t9 n; Z/ f, FL: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?/ K" [0 k, r) J" }  d- d. z

9 E( R8 S- |+ r/ [# PM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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& {* z; i. ~0 AL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?5 U  w8 {/ p# ~! m: a
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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.9 y) u" L  I  Y% b# L

  w+ a% v8 C$ F: V+ t, eL: 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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!9 v, X1 |; U% g! q" e
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" ^2 _2 ?) V6 f4 t" q2 N9 i2 s- J
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)) s5 W2 j9 S' t  [. i0 l7 _  V7 s

4 i, Q1 Z" ]2 U+ F( i1 WL: 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。" L) b0 C1 i% g7 y% a6 o
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.0 X% t5 l/ Y% r$ g9 d
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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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.0 g  U: v  i$ h! @) \4 M  N
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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?2 q6 L# B- V+ R' D
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 E6 a% v- e. |1 ]" Y1 E
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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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$ s' L: C: @1 q- JM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; E5 u+ o: F' A" w8 O$ z+ H/ N3 }' M

) Z1 m$ n( W( K9 l+ `) V/ ~. XL: 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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- e4 y# f: F& H# j, lM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.2 k8 W; ~5 w5 X6 D. u* v

$ W! |* v! S2 `# V3 tL: 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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8 N6 R! t# B9 c2 o2 [* ?8 R0 a1 pM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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1 y! w5 o' u; R4 S8 xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。& ^; w3 I  S7 k2 m: S& k0 {* X; U

6 \/ ?, {0 M2 G  T6 ZM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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6 U3 k0 U, R& q) sL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" s2 u0 `0 p5 M' v2 X4 ?, p9 q# y

; p9 s  F- n1 `) c7 ~5 sM: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# S1 ]+ x. o# Q/ T, EL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。, v  E$ S" ?* H$ U7 P
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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。8 o" {( d' E8 I1 d2 ~& ]. O
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