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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。, {: G" M* g/ {+ a" h1 \4 R
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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!
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  ^/ Y& A2 p. T& k7 U' XM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.2 Q+ J% m9 |: ~
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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?6 O  A1 R: k+ g1 k2 q3 D9 o) K

  V# M5 T' {9 x$ ], l3 z% BM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.+ z3 _6 `8 U  H+ r/ J$ ^
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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。
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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.5 W- T4 [* a' _5 S/ e

- A" |: q, ^) _0 [1 F9 w( DL: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?7 t6 L) ]6 z5 b& g3 \! W
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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?2 ?# o" Y6 q) Y' ^! z

) G$ V7 m$ J( Q7 t8 H: g6 UM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.: P/ {" e9 ~) Z. `& ]1 ~+ ~

% l: ~  n0 `% HL: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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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?3 K) {# l- z% B6 }
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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' }1 U2 U& p  M  H9 ]- f8 @* hL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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5 B/ Z# @; }) A0 v8 V( T(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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& N( ]/ U9 o( ^; v; \& Y( l6 ZL: 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.- m1 r8 L# V- q

/ b5 [( f8 U7 w6 f0 Q$ X$ e. PL: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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5 l; D/ E( H$ o" t8 eL: 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?/ R# L7 V% L! c- t

' |5 F8 j& D$ x8 T1 T1 h2 U6 OM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.# [2 |$ p+ r3 y( g
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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。
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6 O% _: G8 @0 r4 R! Y* uM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* ~" e+ A) |) y( ?9 S/ b% Z5 S: Z

* O! o+ m6 Y1 W% [3 `# ~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?& v# I/ q9 C/ C- d" y1 t/ @

- D- ?0 o  ~+ ]1 Y4 rM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 b3 `# m, l: O) l6 h6 H. w
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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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 k  x& S# P) P) h( {
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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!
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- d) B( @) Z1 N; `+ v  J3 ?L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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# ~3 b- k8 x! bM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.% k1 U+ D6 X% z0 D! T
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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。. M& ~4 z" m  z& z" s6 c& W2 r6 F
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