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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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- R  b, m/ k1 f8 s+ B  O$ H2 {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!5 A; R1 Z9 B& q. Z  Q! r  t
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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.3 V. ^2 {' R1 ^: y6 s* V, ~/ E8 y* y

. c) w' `8 L( d4 B- l( 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?& u; e, U1 g/ Q+ K# p6 j: l

/ U3 A* Y$ W. `9 w3 ~M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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+ ^5 O  Y' F2 w& J7 c/ ^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。  {5 u" m6 {& T- ]7 w8 L

" k  ~9 Y: U8 @7 O( v& qM: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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?) T% _4 F& G  P4 Y

! f+ A- J0 i- x6 EL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?1 L: |5 O6 n/ J3 i! A  f! l
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.  h  \' m# E. v

: `, x5 x, s  Y" ^! b2 z) DL: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?* [! {# \: O/ _! Z# p; G; x: @
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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.- A' m1 l( P$ v7 `$ s0 [4 C

, Q( S$ b# M; J+ ZL: 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?8 P# x5 J6 t+ Y* M" K* ?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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! k) @6 y5 b; g0 O) {L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" Z7 ^3 M6 p- T1 Q+ U/ ]

( N1 \; L% i) M  f8 J( a& ?(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 C8 V+ Y$ f% `7 N
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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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: t: N# M4 H( n$ e- W  yM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( K3 \& p. o$ _" k$ p8 o6 _+ W

+ G2 i. j4 A# h. |2 YL: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。  X. @: j; l# Q. d  I/ U

5 C  o+ c+ I, C/ E7 e# a$ |M: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?
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, P* |) U, q0 E9 m2 I/ q8 tM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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! U7 B) r3 v2 f: j8 n$ Z1 b( 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。! J: o- e; ?: r( R

% a4 O) G& `1 b7 n$ r! l/ ]) O  VM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.- B' v: j" W6 D0 S3 h

0 c8 W  i0 U2 f7 F. ]. E8 gL: 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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1 }- ^3 Y6 D+ B- L( AM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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# X5 J5 f5 a+ g* f& mL: 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?( d$ E) D0 ^7 g! W/ U2 F# N- d& N
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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。9 i" _. U6 v1 p% i+ A& f
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!2 e6 U8 M% f/ H/ r. J- p
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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。
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% u( h0 \8 s, b* I" i; C% ~9 MMichael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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