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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。4 ~& }' ^% u- _  _. x% `$ N
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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!; e, b, d3 i' p% V4 v

* s( B0 q( m, Z: ^4 vM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.; W; C. A( J% K
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L: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.$ d2 z2 x) ^$ _) [, t2 ^& ~
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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。  Q$ F, p$ k" z" p% H
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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.  L% ]/ \# W; W- ?* d; C& Q

8 U- y* U; H, M- u. A+ z6 t  M7 _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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* i7 Q& |2 w3 n) ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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6 l+ q, n5 z; Q2 V4 V7 tL: 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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5 ]" t% }0 @3 E% ]* q& q2 Z( u9 YM: 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?3 n  y& E) y6 l

6 A* a1 L3 h2 y/ e5 Z6 p8 pM: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?
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! m: P. I, ~+ C4 qM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% W: f2 M  [5 r* h

) X. A) k: X& h; w- a, AL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' G0 W. a  K0 x0 k  X( h
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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: V- p1 O0 {: t# pL: 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。' G: w4 a7 u4 C! U+ ]2 L( k

) d' |  ~, H; x  `, iM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* J& X* x! o& W" J0 y

. w" `) ~# M$ Z- U& V# S$ HL: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。  ?/ w1 O5 z! W5 U# o7 X3 A  P
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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$ v( r" m" R% qL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 i  C( S7 U: P8 x) y
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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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+ m& x; f5 F- \- M* R6 ]8 c. {9 p8 oL: 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?  C7 X2 _# d" p! O2 ]

/ _1 F& I8 R1 I+ r( C8 B9 S: @- XM: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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( J# }' h  P2 _. f  B! w2 yM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 }6 P4 g# ^# y  M: Q

5 v+ w& E! a# e- J0 t1 n" M9 WL: 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: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!- H6 _' E9 u4 I

/ t  V/ B8 B6 u# Y* ML: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。7 C' o8 j. b8 X
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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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" ]0 D  i7 d: T( m8 nL: 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。3 N3 k7 T5 X0 G
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