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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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M: 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?& {" q: @( ~% o! O

: R2 _* p' ?2 \* B( QM: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。" A2 t8 r9 J" f, l" _. G5 F
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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.9 D& i# c6 `$ c8 W6 s

9 W9 j% c, w1 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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6 U3 A) W& T7 \: M' m9 ]M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ {" |( m) I) x7 x

; A  ^! U1 F; {8 i5 R2 XL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?) p) u$ ^7 m" w
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 w  I. S8 T' _+ D: W6 a
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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?2 F% U8 h2 y# A$ M; E- A1 d

/ K! }$ g! y  f/ [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.3 J3 k0 T) W; }- p1 o
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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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6 Q# s9 U# G5 Y9 K, d( RL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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  N% g  I1 ?' E(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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; {+ k1 F4 {+ k7 s8 \+ w# dL: 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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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。+ _, `7 z4 J) r. N2 Y0 R

% f, o% i* J) VM: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?
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' d3 {- v8 o. I( W( i' HM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 }" ^; f8 _1 t( z  [5 L
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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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/ f; R( q( Y0 c8 t& {M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) f- Y. J4 r# w0 i
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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6 l; N6 f, B: l5 u% |L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。9 F. W% h; f9 T" ?3 H7 Y
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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1 f* A( y2 l) ]L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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8 R5 @8 O% C3 j: @) E& OM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.- C$ d  M/ J  K4 ?. ^2 X  L: N( q
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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。3 \3 ?5 z, ~& ~: j: E+ @  t
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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。: z- r% ^/ x) J  F/ Y
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