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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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: A2 N3 F1 h! y% e4 e5 OL: 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!) f4 m5 L% M$ {$ U5 l# {( 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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: x1 W" ^1 N. u/ O# n* ?1 @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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" W( I! ^6 y7 |9 j% k9 sM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 \4 ?( I, w" c' _8 }
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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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% {9 X8 ?, g2 V# }8 M2 `4 ~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./ l  X; O6 F3 Q4 ?
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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?( A9 n7 f5 x* W
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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8 k2 _- U9 `; n8 x2 i' m# `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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  c  m2 _$ e' [; b6 {M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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' l* \- \/ u) w+ Y0 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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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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4 E  v9 o! B4 XL: 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?; g; U# D2 T, k# ]
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. N# s. \, `4 t
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 O* m( v# u1 `4 y( x$ m* u

) i2 n9 d% f& D. T6 j(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)6 t3 ^8 t+ K) ~

0 h" `4 d$ t; E( K- s6 G, CL: 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。+ P4 ?2 z3 v! M: e$ h! P7 O

2 c, |+ {$ k' `, X. s: H$ |; u1 UM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 W8 W$ d) w! N) V1 b) N7 C

0 K& T, e0 y% o$ 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。! r; k9 M* a) ]: F5 f4 T+ p
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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?
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0 A4 @  z9 D* x* P1 N5 K- d! P, A$ aM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.6 |, I, [9 m  b! f

' y5 L+ @# A9 G' i$ JL: 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 ]7 q. ]& N: e+ Y# p& {& bM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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- T- w) D) k7 n' u7 r0 T) c* a  FL: 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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.0 e: H7 E5 j0 c% O
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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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/ x' g( ]- L6 y! [M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?. P' a( ]/ V; h9 L
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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。5 w& d  m8 _+ ~# X6 }: A
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 @9 o* e4 e" ~  n% k5 G

4 Q5 q- z$ {! ~* q7 b% N5 h4 }L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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# w( _& N+ C. Q  _' Y2 {2 N; y) N! F' sM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.( @# U) {, f/ `& u1 ], }
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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。6 r( v. X# H0 w
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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。) h- w+ v4 y& s1 x% }4 X& d
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