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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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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./ P  T: S- N. z+ H

( U% o, F/ ~; e* r3 T% T, vL: 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?$ d2 E# |! q5 ?( E# f

- F/ Q+ ~' s5 ]7 DM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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! X, y. `5 b' L/ r6 F" s# qL: 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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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.0 m5 g7 N' `- n& t( r

0 U& u/ F2 L) ?: m0 AL: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?6 W8 x8 n" e& g$ W" a7 k
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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( D  H) K9 c$ l* I. g9 N0 D# vL: 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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! `. E) I8 k7 |$ X5 h& xM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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& a. A3 q/ G$ O. \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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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.2 h- ~0 n$ s/ f* `9 x/ O2 a1 c

2 @6 p9 p  f7 V* u1 uL: 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?" v. e' T% h  e+ b4 E& Z5 r5 l

2 ^) E. H+ a( |: m, I& V( MM: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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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)# f- ~+ x: }3 f  C. P5 D

/ H$ z# U" q" s. mL: 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.
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8 t: e8 A% @/ {' z9 F  D5 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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) U7 i9 J* S9 F8 E( AM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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3 t! P; o& ]5 m1 KL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* j0 r; _* y1 _

' D2 G8 S* q/ zL: 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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4 [, t7 o5 T2 q* o$ oM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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& L/ `% D+ W, Y7 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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 @' B5 D. T; }6 d/ D

! b. f* m2 p1 e' P. D  nL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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" r- c* b, Y- I% z: u' aM: 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。/ y4 ]$ _& f8 c( K+ E
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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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1 B, V3 I3 \$ w2 m! C1 JL: 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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  X* N8 k1 y( ^& SMichael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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