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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。9 T: l9 }* [  P8 K% T

! v7 i" E5 x* ], ?4 M, RL: 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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7 @7 C; K* N, YM: 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?4 U% z2 G3 }- \

2 I7 t& _) Z% U, C# kM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ p6 c/ g1 ?) e# I1 b- e% p7 e5 w

1 h$ N; @3 N& Z2 j! |8 IL: 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。$ A) \; S% p0 t0 s5 Y( w! @

- {% }  e8 V$ ^* O4 r. F% 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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4 [$ t* z8 @! T: ?) F, s  p% aL: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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* Z3 P( y( d! {7 ?1 dM: 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?! i5 v2 t; W) v1 V

2 b  X5 `  F6 ~4 ]& iM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.' r- O8 p+ r/ X) K$ I, P, e& ^' W* h

; }+ h8 U; i1 G( F2 zL: 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?% ^& O3 K3 P: Z. S7 _2 O

8 t- \* n6 G0 I: @2 M, j9 Z# a  QM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 }5 y+ \& @; W" H
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)3 k5 h% q8 r+ ~5 E
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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。3 Z# e8 Q3 _: K! u

' [( |; @" L% q5 s3 ~; X- ~$ `( \M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。1 w7 ~% o/ s: ^8 W" H2 y
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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) r  k: f& I) C( c: F4 RL: 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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) u% |! Q5 E! A- `M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 Y( u% R" \% C% s* ?
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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。
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" a' a4 k! {- v' H  QM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ D! q5 q8 ]. L! ?  C, @8 v
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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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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.' G2 N8 v8 y: R. V: _/ N

- |: u7 v! ]. H' f  ZM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% G7 I5 Q9 ?5 e3 f8 |

: l( M( C6 A9 V( g( U4 wL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。$ y, v1 W8 g" \! M7 f& A
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M: 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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6 H& O: {/ h( u. l5 \1 vM: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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6 \3 S4 H' m; K+ B+ f3 u' `5 a, wL: 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。1 X+ h8 k& a4 _( {' h8 M0 \
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