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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。6 r+ r5 s5 J1 i9 y0 J& t& W8 t

1 X, u5 F. g3 UL: 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!$ {. n$ I! C9 n# \* h3 ]# {
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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.
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! g  t% C8 W: M: M+ `3 dL: 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?  c1 j6 ?, N$ h( w

- I, @& y- T! s, Y+ NM: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。
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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.8 c( d6 d2 G" }; F( z/ u: W

: X0 J8 B, v: e2 C& w& J' U7 yL: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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/ y5 ~) l: R5 u- RM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 Z* R" p& n4 {$ I( T, ^

9 G# F6 v% K5 X' Q1 GL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?' G$ h7 e! S; K7 V$ Y( o/ h/ _9 p

2 X: }- b% }; g  `4 S  \M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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8 ~8 @$ N' B9 W. TL: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?8 F1 q: Q  o+ Q3 Z6 A2 ^, |7 i/ z

' X. z4 I+ k0 f8 r( L  CM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway." x! ?% e# Z, I, o; I

( m# M2 C3 t* @, Z- CL: 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?+ g$ [9 A# W) l+ T" `/ {: p

5 Z% W7 ~. B* {M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!+ ^. W% f/ K. i. W/ q( u
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' X( n& u/ i) `+ {6 T
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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. Y- _' `7 L0 q9 bL: 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。
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6 r. a0 Y2 ~, o9 Y" D/ `M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.+ T! @' }3 Q8 |  Y
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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。) `0 e. f: n* V: X3 E  P" f

  m, s) q! u9 L* sM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?& f/ |9 _1 K* X9 v0 u! k5 b! a
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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6 ^7 h: O0 L' X! h5 s( VL: 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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4 k! w4 G0 v  O. P3 YM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.( U6 v  u, a3 I2 P2 `& F8 u

# m: _  c- d8 J3 i: CL: 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?4 ^+ ^1 Y( f8 k4 ^. O2 W

- n! M$ P1 H" y5 e. v' l. J% XM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 s4 P; |3 ^/ s! `- h: h$ c
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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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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6 I" b3 J9 i1 k4 ML: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。- t- K6 t- t$ f- U# o! K

+ c3 X$ ]* H: ^% \8 l6 gM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! z; _/ K$ G8 r& w0 B
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。" ^, s  Y; J0 q5 [
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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。/ k( H+ x+ Z& F' @) h' Y/ |
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