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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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5 F) b) R" F3 \5 B8 E& ML: 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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4 I" h  s. X& h1 \0 W1 ZM: 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?
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% v) ?0 V0 j) @: Y* s/ \M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.8 u: m  V# C- j! z
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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。5 y: r' N: n7 @' u3 i; x
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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.
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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?( r2 S3 c  L; M: L0 }7 D
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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?6 t7 }7 o9 _, m0 u  m

' N% n$ ]: u# d( S& }M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' f8 B8 M# C; a( I2 \8 }6 T$ R
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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?7 m. F+ a  ]2 j' w
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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.* s8 z2 s: J9 m! h

3 h) J; M( |, v) `* @# H2 B7 ^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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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! j& W4 G" [, C# s7 H) u) K0 |  s(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)! D: v$ ?0 x+ t! Y8 m) K; P0 z
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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all., h; `" x" K3 P- }
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L: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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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?3 t2 \+ e( X1 e" Z+ o

& K/ p, q# e- C1 F+ X: l& {; W6 JM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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4 c( l+ C% \+ G4 D8 _  _6 CL: 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。+ a% |4 `$ D& L

0 |% ], Z3 j$ ?% f0 dM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.$ B# J6 G1 h0 B6 l  r8 `( R

" o9 |7 V! ?9 D  V( ]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?! B9 V4 n9 E; k4 G4 o  ^
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.; e* W/ l6 B  ]# 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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. u8 {9 m2 }, J7 tM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?! @6 y5 o/ v. l: n

# V4 D' ~$ A) j! X. X/ CL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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5 Z. ?3 {0 U, y7 T6 x; ~8 rM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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4 n, u( ]9 v+ U* Z; ZM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.  }7 i9 N' E$ L

" |$ N' j: a" v- j9 QL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。/ ?* K9 r* f8 F4 g4 t$ f
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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。' u' R' p' f0 s3 E$ h
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