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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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$ E! Y% z- W8 ~, n! S; b  t8 h- W( G, aL: 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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2 A2 @- V* {. r2 z! \, h- PM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.' T( Q+ Y: [( E7 |3 U. ^0 S4 a6 i
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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.+ }; t# ~6 D6 H0 ~

4 ^8 @- N+ i4 YL: 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。5 N; B+ I  m; e$ |! {0 o

* S+ ^/ I9 I" r8 K- @/ 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.$ c/ y) K; O& u. }* E# e
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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?5 m( p8 b( ]# z4 o$ K3 F+ j
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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: l1 U  C7 |6 S2 PL: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?/ d. a( y3 x  B- [$ f8 Z9 O

8 ~( p' l# D) U7 `( aM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.- @# Z% r2 U- g+ `$ s- A6 k

5 Q( Z1 {+ p+ _5 c  ~3 G! H1 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?6 @+ V3 f+ e6 E4 ~3 f; S
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!  K; k3 L& U! Z3 m: e

$ m- `; A) e8 I" f- IL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ H5 H+ B& w7 X

2 a6 I) `( ?. l$ e8 v(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。/ N0 O) G4 u7 X* D, a% r
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.+ U# m% o, U9 O+ A. N; K& v- M

7 G- P5 ~3 o1 h' y3 }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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+ R* I! S7 v6 jM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.5 T' i9 u, K" k% k$ |* k$ Y

; S' Y/ |/ Q0 E$ k! p4 nL: 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?0 ^) r8 L( A& x# V
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level." l7 A, R/ ^0 ?! {( n7 v1 H; y0 d

' m& x' t( q( p3 H& y: o' YL: 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 i1 m' X3 X/ R# ]& a( ~6 lM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.( Z# y$ u, a: P6 [( R8 Q$ g
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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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: [8 T; [( ~" M; E$ r" X9 H  bM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.; n+ X( w% l8 l# ?7 s$ h$ A
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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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2 d2 G* }. m) t# P0 O+ k9 EM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?- V% J' O; h) t6 z3 F! g, W  D
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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。' U3 b) s4 ^+ e" F& O3 S2 k
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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- e3 k: G2 J. t4 hL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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" ^+ b& j5 D. A/ o7 l3 e8 q( {1 a) CM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again., q$ g- L: x8 L# n8 L( q
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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。) I9 F, z4 Y/ e0 y" {

/ B) T, G) `4 g. I: x; `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。# [+ R: w( e0 i& _* ~2 ~& n% m' A1 [
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