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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 x6 c5 a( y8 m  O+ Z" wL: 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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6 c  v" D9 L$ _  UM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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+ O1 G& Z! a- v- c  j2 i2 T' HL: 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?' b# o; c  v1 F* t+ ^6 |3 G
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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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+ Z+ B! K1 ]" U( Q+ G. NL: 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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1 `' \; `9 B* E, \  m0 Q% Y5 ?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.& I4 y" [& j0 Y& j% Z8 V* }1 c$ q

9 c, F' l3 C1 y/ O$ T8 @3 V2 ?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?) X) r3 K- Z8 T# w( c* o3 ]. H* H0 v' m
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?% m& Z5 \) E0 i9 B5 d

4 N2 H- _9 Q& ]* |; }8 ?+ \0 }  pM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.( e' E2 Y* I4 a4 ]

7 T8 u3 k) X, Q1 p( _, q1 T) B4 vL: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?( Q6 g' Q1 }4 [7 K9 G

; W# l* U1 E& K. F! _" [- n% z9 dM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.' V. c* }$ x! o( \& N# F# i
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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!$ \  w, B+ u  b' B$ F% ~

% Z& H( v( j; `9 F1 FL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!2 R: u" X5 T3 T# k  s4 T
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(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。  m! ?% w8 c  ~) g' ^

' a" v; T+ `& |3 T+ R5 G5 W( IM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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2 ^, c) L4 J/ K/ e. [* j1 V5 N4 KL: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。9 E' D. b% x1 R* n: H8 c* _. V7 y6 s% [
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money." c5 q1 T! p7 g

' n5 [# n: m; K# V/ G0 [; L8 Z3 c# iL: 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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  v# k( T0 {, LM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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! V5 W, `' i$ g$ d4 QL: 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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4 W1 a) x, t& a: y' OM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.7 R/ l# c0 ^' W; w

8 t0 D) _# r: s& _" hL: 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?: e6 \9 w* q9 c* ^; E

0 U" I/ [2 \$ p' X" w% [M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.1 l4 i" g3 y4 ?

' h  R4 q: m& [$ RM: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。% `. H4 H$ _- ]  V. s, Z
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 K& M; h, \* \- m9 V
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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! l0 ?& t# e6 G* b# ]! m' y$ P( |M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.2 i1 N! C9 a8 n

- h+ ]& n- H4 Y0 HL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  [9 n2 M# K. y
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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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