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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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9 Y# v7 K9 s& G4 r; D/ tL: 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!$ ^! h0 u* N2 Y9 A# i$ C

8 R2 m  X; A8 E  z- [M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.; ~  R) _0 d4 v# l

, \  L8 Z% N) `- O7 KL: 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?6 `; u8 n# y* U
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M: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。$ M- o. u& \# u6 M, a# Z
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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.2 H# e) L, ^2 z, ]

) u9 o4 p5 L# F* B) `$ p4 ML: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?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! ?# l. m1 r' J0 _

! {3 `; k5 J) ~& |; D5 P& N9 FL: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?- d! ^; v& E4 r- Q3 r" i
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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?2 T# p( W: V2 M# O" {

" W# L' X) s' k! J' sM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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% D5 z9 ?6 y, ?L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!. e6 @7 ^3 P3 t5 z1 ^3 [+ }

. y) v8 Z' |) G( Q- e(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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9 u  K" }6 H4 n) k. h9 B3 eL: 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。( Q6 T: ^. H. s' P# C# @

( l$ p. @" c& l4 L' N& J# p- ~M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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  k6 r2 w4 e" [" j8 D) t: hL: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。; a4 O/ [# u$ r" {2 Z
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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?$ ?+ q2 G6 B2 _1 o3 a
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.+ k4 h6 b  h0 Y/ X

8 h. ?! ~% t4 x0 D; X8 e! }- oL: 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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8 G# H/ ~. E3 K) xM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.1 K$ v6 T; M/ U5 R8 w7 r

% c; a# J+ O$ H) |$ H' g$ U8 wL: 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?3 M3 L% I4 J1 f  c% W" e: G

& h8 I, d7 H% B) gM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.) E( x+ v; q5 i3 F3 g
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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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3 U" G0 o$ Y% i/ ?2 y) DM: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。: p5 t7 m; m: u. a$ n6 \4 U
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!* V, R6 t4 ^8 ~7 {5 C
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: e+ h. |. S; ?% Q$ Y) R
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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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+ r" C5 |- w' p% R% iL: 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。4 M0 S- b1 i$ U+ j/ m( G
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