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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!
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9 B' I, r  I0 m# A5 z6 FM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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! p+ t6 m* s" d8 D/ PL: 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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( n4 N5 \- H! ~2 Y7 z  `7 }- lM: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。$ ]" H& u: Y" T1 z

/ }, W& u: S9 X( O$ H* P- ~0 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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% J& b8 a& d0 s" J7 r% ~$ I' p9 wL: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?; p7 R# Q8 |" c0 y* z  e* m' C
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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?& I# r2 ^* D/ K
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- k8 U1 a9 Z5 e( S7 m9 Q$ L

/ K0 [  x4 k2 D. j; V( [/ S# kL: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?. @! {; [- H: @" G0 L: z0 \6 G6 R
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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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1 K  X. l; s% n& {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!0 w4 e5 ~! N& s% [! L2 _0 }) V! W3 i7 s; j
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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。/ H. r6 {6 G& t# q1 R- Y
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 n6 u1 T/ h$ \' W8 ]

' I0 R, e2 u8 D1 `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。) f+ H  E. _0 e; |

% Y* G" `( l, hM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?' z4 I" _- e: r

9 a) N. h( }7 W! o& BM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.* U8 ~0 u( P3 s  A5 U

$ @+ Y. p6 [3 d3 j( ?, pL: 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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' C. S2 N1 @1 F) Z; V+ _2 K! jL: 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.8 ^& f3 A$ ]$ b1 ?5 ^+ i
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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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0 _0 N8 y: ?7 V" E; N6 Q$ }7 VM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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" b1 S8 F. w4 _. TL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。0 k$ `7 [" z; x& j! @  E8 a: i. R

& v) G! v% ?( b4 c. KM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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+ q) N2 s  a+ |L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" P& z1 C* ?- @" L6 O3 A3 @, n
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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.& U3 z5 r* x0 l

- m" [& B8 {; Y% H/ H% lL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。" D' g9 Q7 D& j  J: D: \
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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。3 P/ h% Q7 S& N5 z9 C" q8 i' S
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