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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。' ?3 I" H3 Q6 O: a! I7 [/ {/ G
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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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1 J4 l1 G- ?* t. V( M* IM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.! b" [9 ^5 b1 j

" U( J& W9 m" t7 ?5 UL: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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! @. v5 x9 J" E  d& vL: 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。( Q5 k9 e- H+ {/ h& A
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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.; ], w1 c4 h; s$ f/ s) V

4 P! S/ t( W2 J/ D' a5 h6 |2 @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?
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7 K4 Y/ t9 T7 ~" h: P0 IL: 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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4 v+ S* a! {7 _( x' eM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.( h, @2 _0 O8 @( y5 L% ~( e
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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?' v6 a( V2 p1 e7 ]5 O- @* X9 X2 H3 u

( @2 N6 `, E! n9 XM: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!' f' w; s9 z0 U% p- V  g0 Y
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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2 C+ }" Q3 f% w* |6 f(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位), X1 ]; _/ J& P- J0 g7 U5 @

/ F# Q# M& s+ M  SL: 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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( l9 [# L5 i' a% IM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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( ~: d/ y7 R. l" [0 c' A- f3 c2 WL: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。8 R% J9 A' C; F
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.. C6 B6 i4 Y7 ]& M* I- Q
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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?8 T: v* t) {# D1 X6 _3 c' m

( v6 j* T2 {) ^" QM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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7 X4 _/ K9 I  Q; ?& }9 nL: 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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# q' Y# o! n  J2 w" rM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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3 R- c, s% ~: v9 lL: 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?, K& m* [- L: _$ `8 D$ E$ @  F* c
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.+ E3 P  Q* \: S9 E4 B

  y* C. t5 G! R/ K2 GL: 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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6 i+ C5 m+ |5 v/ i: W; ^M: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。
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M: 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。. a2 t! A! I! Q! l
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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., [* Y  s  E5 Z6 C: e, U" A

  q9 o! k  Q! Q& SL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。( ~8 c- g" Z7 @7 d9 m: t7 J( N; \; ~
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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。
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