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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。9 F* X* y9 U9 s- W' a8 m9 [( `2 ~; D

3 J# m: y4 B: \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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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?0 L8 v* ]0 t7 s7 f1 N

8 r$ `0 Q2 ~* T9 a# N. UM: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。
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. x9 x# X. a+ L- U/ o2 LM: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.0 J! A! @) s  U" s9 ^
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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?5 A% Y7 V/ Y. T( V

: x1 E6 j5 c) B/ f# N( ^; ?M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?7 _6 i( U4 z! p! C1 V

8 k- J; m9 w! l! g4 L2 xL: 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.
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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?
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- W. ?9 q; f: W/ w  r+ q" l* |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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, G3 ^! Y# Y  L: u

0 z) t( I3 g1 p+ q- s0 S9 AL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!3 X$ p' c1 y7 m! u; [7 J

2 R8 r! I( \) J' G$ P- z% i6 k1 `1 ~(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。+ N0 B& V6 d* v
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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) b* C3 b- e7 K9 g( w* N, e! vL: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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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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+ I) S. v  ~) q+ {M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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  o/ g4 P+ u, o1 x* N! u$ BL: 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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+ }' [! c, q9 L& G* uM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* q3 U* k% p6 m% c
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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?  V( K# V2 b8 |0 w
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.7 _( m) L8 M/ [6 D2 @5 u  W1 |. K

9 ]/ \+ p+ J# p" e: lL: 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.9 [2 E/ n0 [2 |) u* p; g

, V6 J; d. `9 O2 x8 s8 kM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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1 T" v- j! h- KL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。, t# Y& n# S/ i. g2 o5 C1 G
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 h6 y: t/ {% q' T) d) g+ c

: z/ Q' X; x( |! q; ^  zL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。( x# r/ \0 R5 ?1 h) m
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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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% w  K, W1 Q9 D$ A+ s2 l4 lMichael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。2 [/ A9 s. `7 a; d5 v
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