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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。1 B: A( ~$ g- V4 K
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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!, D1 _- h6 N$ r: f, i9 w

( m# q/ R# r! m  p& e& }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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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?0 S. F1 u$ p: _0 |1 y

: S2 ?1 C' J, ZM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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) W) |. ]8 i7 ^) G8 m+ T; ]( NL: 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。* @$ S5 }! i. |9 K6 N
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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.: H0 F! T% H& Y7 n, [' Z
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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?
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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?) E; H/ K* g3 U& b" _! i" d
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M: 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?0 @. k) e8 W& x, h
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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.
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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!# U6 T: E7 v" |$ ~; S  t% n$ @2 u
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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: h' i. S" `" ^5 M; V# b8 k1 L(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。9 C4 o  I: f0 |- U4 A' o& r
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.  h0 V9 q- u+ g) k7 t
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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。5 ~1 O- ]/ }  U% M% J

* m  Z4 I$ [' }M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.$ f  a* N4 ~6 d# l' {

% Y7 ^) S5 m* U0 W6 ]) \! H+ }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?6 _4 }3 X9 L- y( Z7 O1 \

5 _1 @: D+ R( vM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.( W7 `! H' l0 w0 ^. ^2 |- c# I
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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。% Z6 R6 z) V2 b' t. w9 U& q

7 F) H% U& m7 t: n" q6 z" {$ ZM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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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$ g7 j" C) [" _6 g/ bM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. Q2 R5 ]- F! X* h: v* Y
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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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- y* t7 A4 }9 g) JM: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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!3 L* T# F% b: g, K! i  s. G

& O- d. [1 P' p# p( W7 e& w! BL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。2 h6 C" H6 j9 |8 q) W4 _! T

0 H/ m" _; }: c$ J  H7 gM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.1 f, D6 A, M. k( \: b* y" }
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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。' k0 t4 z4 b" p

: X# K  t9 Z1 n; f% ~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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