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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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6 [& ?0 y* {' F0 {9 \3 ]7 lL: 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!) _+ _' v  w, a
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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." I8 m+ K) Y8 a7 y" F

8 N8 _: b7 y* j- B8 FL: 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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3 m+ o* W# A2 \# T/ @3 ~  gM: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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8 @5 U/ f2 ^0 @+ p4 ^2 uM: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?- G+ g6 K% P3 u/ F
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ [% `6 x* o' p; D6 P0 S
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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?0 r. x  s+ J: @" N& ]/ I. @

4 T4 i# C8 k0 t4 ?' d' t: CM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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; ]2 }6 l! a  {! A2 u$ s" Z( ?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?$ \; ]2 U1 ~: d' J
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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?0 n7 M" V5 s5 m1 E, {
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, [- S2 B7 d) Q# i( q1 x5 R# \( q

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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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( G  ?$ B( J; r! J  ~1 ~" KL: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。+ C; ?1 @/ `$ D' x+ ?& O: |) X

, L. v! E- p. L! y) F( U) l0 tM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.* {' A, A( A! b% Y: M
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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?: h1 Y* |" E- X5 }5 L9 U9 Z% E

# I: r; U1 Q' y% aM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 K5 F& H7 L! d+ V' u

. G, V3 b" a2 k% R* h6 EL: 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。7 z8 H/ B  ~8 m* w( M8 |$ k

, L7 K. I8 r% s8 J: Y& nM: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?
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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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" R7 ]+ O/ S' }3 z/ E* P: [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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% u7 _6 ~+ L' i$ [( w0 j: gL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。' ?; V) V3 _' V- J: W: H# Q
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!' I7 ^+ I; E: ?* c2 S) w
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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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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。5 ~" y, J: R( q
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