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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。+ z! l" K% C) ^* X5 l4 {- |9 ~% A+ O9 u

  V7 q; M: n) Z0 A2 F' d# yL: 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!0 Z/ j+ H- i7 a8 @$ v/ m6 L( d( K

' T$ \. W2 i  K$ c1 ~9 CM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., T* P. D- b9 \+ u

( O6 f# C# E$ k9 m  nL: 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?* W" A: |, J% H! h) _* h8 J/ E
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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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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。8 m7 o' J, K/ Y

. K3 j: }' @9 sM: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.2 \& h; X& l! }- {6 h8 n
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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?8 P5 {) O8 G% w: Q; V1 L

1 l. U& k. K' F  t- ^" }, KL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?" n: ^/ v$ }; Z" s) J3 ~/ Y

* [3 a& t2 A& y! M8 @M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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6 v! @& r$ P' _* e; W" K7 kL: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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: h+ o+ A' R4 v! J! P* vM: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 U- _3 k- S1 k/ v# J7 X. M
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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:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 F' y0 F6 B  w4 v
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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/ J7 p+ `' _8 [1 k* M(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位). E- @% }( ?- ~1 [, ~0 g3 b

& G" G& V/ ?, Y/ O$ P: Y+ GL: 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。# X$ e* i1 Q" @: n% K( _! V
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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/ |5 H" T) h( x+ CL: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。1 ~& f& b) ?0 T- l- ~( t3 l7 d1 n2 D

- K7 c2 |. M+ h8 n! P. z' j) ], N' q* UM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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- W7 s8 x& I$ M+ h) xL: 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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6 A7 i% U# Y' ^' Y  O- UM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- l4 u0 D: e1 x- Z: ?' g3 T

: W; F3 f* ?6 }8 `4 L* {6 D1 DL: 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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. W* E* s" Q. l2 U5 @; C1 zM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! h, j, c7 @, [

7 R, E8 n, S, T* LL: 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?/ s  C# J4 ]7 X) R

" w& U$ a0 P4 a  O. Q/ CM: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.0 i- U$ O0 [+ ?- i; p
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。
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2 Z& }8 _. Q0 {1 gM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!  e; c# O5 o) R/ _- o
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ m/ G7 h9 s' ~5 h1 {: C* c

; c. b( |" ?/ v! ~5 e, s# DM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.2 r& C0 D7 M- W' _+ _2 X
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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。6 T2 C2 _/ q8 u' P0 q7 O' F: B

0 B. K: {- m  M0 F! _6 _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。& D/ f/ @* N. B5 v
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