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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!8 W# F; Z7 w  P, b6 Y5 d- N, n! y' }% H
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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?
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) G$ c. `5 k2 g: ?6 bM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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: Z/ e# F2 Z8 ~/ Q: ~/ ?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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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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1 f) T2 w, d: oM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?& P- P+ G% p$ ^9 F3 T6 s4 o

7 s3 x+ e1 f, f' J7 v$ XL: 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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.6 r) N( |; Q  I1 E

1 I6 Z/ E; D1 UL: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?% ]' u4 p9 I! o* ~& k
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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.2 I+ B1 T; \1 v) P
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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?( c  t1 g1 M7 p. D; S

: v2 }/ N  Y& iM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!3 A; K6 n% s$ C5 ~
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!# W5 \2 ^& r$ R; g5 p6 z: R/ `; P

! S3 y( @" ]9 g3 s+ U(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 ~1 Y* F8 @3 D- c, o6 ^

- H. c' i8 _+ F/ f# C: I/ @4 d3 LL: 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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& v# D+ w6 M% p) U8 KM: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。
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, r6 V' K1 m, _6 k- P! X" iM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.9 V6 a  Q- c- n' @- j! l( o
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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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, @( C! H1 W0 L9 Z9 E: wM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.$ e) p5 ]- x* b* o

9 c# q2 N8 |$ l. q# IL: 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。0 m; f/ b1 `7 G
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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0 c$ t/ G! [" X( 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.& F: {( s0 D6 r* C* g

6 Z' o) K/ u  @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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  Z, q, V- E. D4 M" KM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?) P9 e  ~0 u8 X* y- O/ l9 @' ~

+ y" I5 c. z5 r) D9 M" qL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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4 m( ^) v2 ~! I; W! V4 bM: 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。! q, b" @2 U( n+ o7 p( 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.$ ?! E1 S: y- _- I1 {

$ a- f/ z- ]$ _& N4 x3 _. yL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。& t3 }; h- W7 [% Z
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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。
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