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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。# q4 {& d: c! B: _. \& E
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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!' f5 C* T7 O. u+ W7 c+ e

' `0 T6 V' q! `- s9 L4 A7 bM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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1 B* a9 c4 [; f" j/ h& X$ k% |$ ^0 QL: 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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$ u" t9 j+ q% Y% \7 cM: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。; h5 C" {  u" w& k  @0 [

! Q; g9 f3 `0 q0 S( D+ ~+ d7 i0 s8 K1 b# NM: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.# _8 ^( `  L0 a8 B0 {$ ]. P; L
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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?, M; R4 [/ r# n, c: A' F7 M

) d9 K/ r* g! ?# [3 fM: 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?) P/ x0 x' w1 b' s3 ^. u

  f& T3 \4 @% O. p0 F9 N( V- j% kM: 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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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.5 C3 d# P3 s% ~3 g* [) p& p6 e, J

' _% W; ]. N% p7 ]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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, @9 p  P* J% vM: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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; y  B: {9 g8 v" z/ |(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)4 n+ y+ ~/ J" v8 b2 a6 }6 H8 e. z

; |1 M/ ~( U8 A  y" \- bL: 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.$ {0 @0 Z/ |( w% w( \5 Z& T" v+ q

* Z" O- b/ f( \5 e; \# a2 f2 K$ P7 S+ IL: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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- e/ T* P5 r" JM: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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 _% J3 K- ^& f. V# y
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L: 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。# ~6 z' ?. ?) w' f- W1 E$ E2 W
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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% t: f1 G, F- M* gL: 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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1 Y' U" M) P; h' N8 NM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! C+ T2 d- R# Y0 k" D" y" X7 t4 Y

# T& \- W+ a2 i* f" J/ wL: 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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! ?# j* B, c* SM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?* i, t6 g" t  B6 U7 k

  j: ?9 u7 ?* ]; ?. tL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 q7 o; G6 i2 X0 S: M% a9 a7 _4 g

9 W) V6 I' a7 u4 w) `M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 r' \: B! I3 O7 C

; d. S8 v4 L! y2 NL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。7 F9 [. C6 i, [. N
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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.7 I2 v" @" |" g4 i0 I% j3 M
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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。% J# I6 R2 \8 T, x! g8 H2 l

9 `, v; u7 E4 S2 L% C7 y8 A/ {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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