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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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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!
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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.3 W7 N  Z' N. I1 W1 ?8 x* C

0 J7 v9 a6 M1 y# G: \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?2 Y- x% ^0 Z' X4 C3 F
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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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9 j% E6 g( \7 n7 P7 X. C4 N3 vL: 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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$ l: }, P, I% x+ x; XM: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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3 H- `9 K# Y" S% F/ M  L+ |: |/ SL: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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1 T  }. U, N, C. z0 ?/ `7 sM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?. ]9 o, g, q( K+ |0 Z' {
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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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, y, r+ |8 R  RM: 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.3 k9 G( Z1 t* \; |

1 G) P6 O( M3 n; {8 X7 O$ J1 M$ HL: 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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4 {; q4 b6 [$ F# FM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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$ X" o: Z& F2 a1 V: XL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 S6 E. y  h2 K' g0 A8 F

, X- Q  g+ Y9 w  ~% m3 k(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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( \  ?* ?0 z% L8 w# oL: 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。' @& s4 Z  C( y  A$ H
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* Z, e; O/ O* ^. F+ [# a
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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。7 N: `$ }- J- z4 o

& c  Y3 Y4 m# O* E  U' @' P$ @0 gM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; N( |1 K$ J* Y3 S& v* m2 o4 J/ }

! q) g1 f  S" e5 }' u5 _4 eL: 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.
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7 p  W. X8 m& {* E5 Y/ UL: 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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1 F3 |% s0 ~* E6 ~* a1 s+ {, b  e' nM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; ]0 F1 j2 t" |7 r

( K! v) P6 D9 @# y, T* O  tL: 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.# b, G( r* [  q8 A9 K9 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.
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: c* `4 \" x$ b3 m& b  fM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?2 `" z0 S# o) {: V  j8 c0 z* Q
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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。2 t8 u  {) J- S$ z# W

7 d& a* _. k: G* b4 r5 eM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!; j4 ?3 V2 I2 }  V' ~
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。% k3 Q+ D+ u; K3 h  I5 {( p# n2 X4 `
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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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( H6 \8 [" ?* r/ x: q' SL: 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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