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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!9 n' C# g; X% q" e" ^! O! H+ `
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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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. p( K! L+ {* |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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& T, i) E! Z# \( ZM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.$ j) y; S- D  Z% M; A

" f- V3 Q/ F; P0 c  [8 FL: 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.
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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?: k, _7 l1 E& @) {8 z) y, X$ I

, D4 I- J9 Y, I9 x2 iM: 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?
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, x) O+ Q6 V( R3 w2 `' r& LM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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  M  ?8 W" y& n& c% P0 h) LL: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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1 R7 c+ _' ?! M. U+ }# G7 x) bM: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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. x6 n9 f  ^: m3 M9 {1 H0 vL: 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 i% m& f2 S: yM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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- C: ?, y/ ]1 gL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)6 i8 i) K& c6 A

2 }2 v- T! j. M3 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。
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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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1 \; R1 A" X; ^  |: s8 jL: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 \* y* P4 I+ a! ~% q: D( T
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.$ ~9 D" d) q8 r! d- P

( L3 Q& U3 M; sL: 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?' r5 J6 l1 X, c; R2 L  d
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。( ]; S% r3 ?  P8 u. M6 N+ i1 u/ L
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.4 |4 b1 N8 ]: |! H6 x+ n0 [. d6 t
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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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+ i% `: s( k$ U9 L+ x* IM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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" C* r7 Q6 F# t$ ~9 QL: 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.% \; B; ?. }5 O: s" h* T  t0 l

! x. \4 S, O% C( K  W" @! gM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?0 ^6 n- T& d( o% @
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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!& z, I8 [% \; ]5 W3 k2 _

- ^9 t+ ]% g, G( v' ML: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 z$ \! I& A4 ?1 T) X

' Y+ @6 J3 Y" j) }. IM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.1 k! Q* ~! t% W0 B9 p% c

  d% f! {, s) X' t" I+ cL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。' h. ~- l3 D9 I1 C" Y* t! V

& @' r$ K5 @9 oMichael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。6 }4 \$ S) p" }" m& M3 g0 i% b4 n
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