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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。: j$ S$ M6 U: ?7 i: m

/ e" Y( t+ q, ^" m- E* CL: 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!" L: ]5 y8 c9 E6 D: P6 o

  k6 J8 I$ p3 `+ Z, j& |9 I8 UM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( }. O. A, B. R) B

* d9 Q1 b/ L! O; ?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?/ P. }' p1 {- h9 l
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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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7 @! |6 s2 Y) t* KL: 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。" N3 |8 s# q# \% c

% R( X: C  i9 J9 |4 E% OM: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.# ?9 {( x1 ?  t
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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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9 Y: P$ Y) d8 ~/ }/ oM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 e2 J8 Y: T) D6 j

, ~; X, r" ^- `" `0 aL: 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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M: 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.
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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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$ f! U! x) i: w5 K1 SM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, j: P" x) H' @! L

3 v7 S+ x$ P8 ?1 D; aL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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* t% ~$ W- h( k(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。
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* J: ~- P/ o8 p( Z) l3 M

6 O8 B* y3 `+ L6 D1 LL: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。2 v" @1 _5 c& b$ c
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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4 H) X5 `! g3 z1 S! O% @+ l' W$ G3 e+ SL: 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.
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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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?) m( Y/ y, f' W- {( ]

0 A6 b- k' ?: V  u* d0 xM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 u. l( G; V( z( B7 K, _
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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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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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7 _0 Q) j( H! M3 e; wL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。4 I5 C8 j& E+ s$ K

8 F, R: u% I( \M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again., ]( {9 c4 j: T8 E, k- w/ A

1 S7 t, v  I. Q7 ~8 RL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。1 l, M% ~$ X+ ]0 a- k

( w6 t! A; ]9 z# zMichael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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