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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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  T3 i5 `: D. l  GL: 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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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?# q  C. B% D( x: K; z
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; Y; R& D% E5 o6 J6 f6 }# K
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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。1 t5 f3 w0 C9 u" j1 P
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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.& h/ j1 `) z8 z. @, G

8 D4 x* q9 {; H, }6 F+ RL: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?0 e8 j" m9 V: B- z

% h) K) I$ s; x/ y9 U! g% K2 ZM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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% J, S6 J  ~8 s: l& S4 E; @$ _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?5 E& T( s) x! x4 [
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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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5 U2 e+ M+ N' F0 T4 e4 X! lL: 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?/ o+ D8 {% w" J* `/ V
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, Z2 G2 t6 [& k' _1 ?7 }/ m

( E2 H& m/ h0 J# b2 s$ KL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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/ r/ g% h4 Y' o+ ~5 s(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。
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9 k3 w! t) C6 q1 ]7 lM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.  }( w" n* V2 o. D' m" q# D5 Z
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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。9 `6 r1 q8 o! K' m$ w3 {
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.2 b* R3 j% j1 n9 }- t" l! }
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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?
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8 d8 G! ]  S8 V3 p, lM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., J" _7 k# G/ `: a- |# V5 O, J% [# i

& C# J8 ]! I+ s/ p  V1 @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。) i6 }4 H0 d: i6 O
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M: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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! f/ ?1 g+ }5 IM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 Z" J. Z4 R$ B
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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.; H/ A  w( |" a  V" b" C+ v
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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' p' W, k# c: m. [( AL: 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!
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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./ y7 t- G2 i5 Y. m9 _, K8 I) F3 I
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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。
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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。
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