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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。4 O' i& M: g  j4 C& P# N2 `% A& G) j! \

+ Z- m. w5 P2 ^0 x, x4 r  \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!: r5 L8 @; k0 @, y! O
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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., Y5 s! @& e" i* S  ~1 f6 F

3 S7 e; ^: v! a5 s' gL: 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?2 l" ]: l7 i) Y# O6 I
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.- m. e. w4 j$ L& G1 D* ]

9 z) h. M* E' e% G3 N! o/ x$ ?$ zL: 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.
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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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7 d4 A. X" o; c: H, j8 ?# sM: 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?8 r6 h# L% c$ e: t# n

# A# k' W9 U3 g, X$ G$ T) eM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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( b/ `! v  N. b* AL: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.- D3 n3 _' }. i

3 w5 s6 J- J8 x5 t  z4 T  fL: 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!7 p$ A2 D. E; y9 c0 G2 m
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(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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# _% c. n# B( {( gM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.# l# F% R( m" a, t
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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。/ w$ Q8 O, Q- o1 b
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.& {8 `7 W4 A1 j2 P. o' D

  |; Y3 W" ~9 w! |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.
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8 S$ B9 r6 h+ f( H1 v7 tL: 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。* o5 c4 d: o8 f: p4 a) y
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.7 f: V( m6 @8 D# R" m- C" Z
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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?
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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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" _7 g- Z( x% x  s5 \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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/ O/ R0 m! t0 v) [6 ]M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( {0 w8 H9 I  ~$ w1 i

7 g2 l; I# W( N. j) Z& EL: 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!) u7 k) S7 n' x1 E% {6 z3 g

: ^6 C' R5 Y8 h% Y5 _: |/ N' DL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" }1 J: z" M- L

9 P4 V4 a% k. dM: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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( @! C$ `( z( k9 O/ q! f, CMichael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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