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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。1 l6 `7 z$ A6 ?6 v% ?2 Q; S8 z) j
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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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" t; _/ ?9 @" Z  cM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?
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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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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。
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5 ?/ r# c8 d$ \% r5 TM: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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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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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/ }. u7 n6 K0 A- K3 J" _" b) \L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?9 {2 V8 D2 o8 X- f' y

- n( x  Y. {0 i, E/ j9 x4 g; XM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! y; j/ Z% k$ t2 z. Q: V7 w  z

! l7 t3 |' x9 h. i4 m+ D% j6 SL: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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 W  b( K& W8 p7 ?

, K4 H9 d- u2 s4 }. |' i(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.% R( x3 N) ?+ I' x+ k: x

0 m3 B4 ]2 p6 tL: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。6 h4 A8 u5 |7 `$ l2 t8 [3 S( n

' y8 D3 z) g- t) F. G  l) dM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money." E5 T" r" }7 e3 H

- ^( ~! D2 g# T2 F* O3 m2 \$ a# q! DL: 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.( B6 x# ]9 F# `/ n. G, V+ F; I* Z# k: t: G
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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。* N3 b' J& {$ y6 T

# ]1 y. Q, e( ^- M1 y# aM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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, A7 K" m1 e& G1 \8 q: }/ F4 RL: 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?* ]% h. q, B& Z3 M$ e
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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?: j% s6 x4 [1 G9 n9 n( M

1 u) H* p/ x/ I2 o, SL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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; e( i; R% V) w+ qM: 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。
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* T  q* T4 o; X/ `- k. u5 AM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: D! R. d! |! _7 ]" e
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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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. U* U7 w* H* S; y) @" A& |1 H( kMichael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。7 N3 n% c5 p! \
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