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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!% r/ V) S1 Q9 s2 Y: i  f

+ e/ Z/ n, Y* `' c$ EM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games./ L. g9 A, A0 a5 k# n

% u$ n1 N% b! P0 C' 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?0 Y% a& N# \, }/ o, _7 {" N2 p4 G

3 E8 P) H0 H6 L4 l; eM: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。# s! N- d" |  x

, F5 E8 R8 @4 i0 IM: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.
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$ f! x' ~& H7 L5 LL: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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L: 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.7 f0 H$ h, S1 s: I9 Q$ K% ]1 {+ U
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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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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: I" Z* K; D1 b! |+ {(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)- p. o0 o) z7 n4 V  j7 s' _/ }
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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。( e: D8 H: b& ~+ s

6 K- I! T, h& q& v$ W* ?M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* {2 C6 t9 r9 h# H; w7 @! U4 M; [' K

; M/ @) L( {- d; S" O0 H, ?L: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。3 d) G3 e$ W  f& r0 d& H
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.9 i4 I( s  q( O3 t

& K* S! z6 S0 }+ tL: 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?: Y$ F" ?2 j" ^, f) H- u
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 f. G3 Q( }/ p
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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。% C& H( m! z! f" X

. z/ u9 B* K: y" Z! TM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.# B! q) `- {" H* f' P3 {

0 C3 d% p) B( o; g5 ^, N0 |2 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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4 o* C( Z1 J8 d* ?# k) b# Q6 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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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1 P1 l7 W" ~! V8 B8 x# r- Y* o% `7 aL: 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!: J4 j2 ]4 v* L1 {
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ ?) _) F& ?# h1 t" r/ W
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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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L: 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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" @* h( }2 S5 c& R6 ~2 rMichael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。2 B# b: u. P' f, I5 z
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