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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 q" p- Y$ q* g3 xM: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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( M. }& d" ~% ?  `6 s! v2 k) y0 C/ \1 p9 pL: 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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, X7 [' c5 c3 VM: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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7 ~( e; n' ~4 ~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?5 j2 h$ o: y& d6 i% h8 k

$ Q: R8 W  a# v% H! EM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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7 n  s  Z/ t8 i% Q8 X' LL: 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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% p& E! c0 R1 X* j% H0 bM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., l/ {% Z* }2 i

" l+ |% {7 A9 }$ X! U2 {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?# }5 b4 E- B! I) O% N0 M

! o/ H" N/ ]) z5 x9 E) E4 J6 cM: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 }  }. K2 @3 m' X. G2 m, ?, c

3 \5 Z) ?, e. X% YL: 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?! P1 l' e9 N2 ^& ?' o
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!$ C: Y' R! s1 q- n6 ?5 e

' s+ O6 C5 j' O) lL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!0 a1 |) U  u; x4 }' y; @, U) R0 s

- w- M; W4 }$ `. N; M(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.' U2 a7 v! z0 v
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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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  V5 t, Z4 i5 O7 S% nM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.% o# |) p0 i% p/ C

$ G' p5 y/ m8 ?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?* m, V9 g) R0 H$ h  a7 c
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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$ s9 `( ^6 S9 n! v0 v# T& f  p# p' 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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# \% a8 f% O9 c. T0 aL: 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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3 o0 p" v$ E8 w( f' Q9 G' }M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.4 c( H! T7 ~0 `6 \, w! w

7 R. [+ j5 H8 Y1 y* XL: 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.0 c; b" B" w) z! P$ I- f: H0 Y# Q+ r" V
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。- r$ n1 n3 \7 R& C0 u

4 `- j4 l# T" ]/ }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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# [' ?' M4 x& ~! M; ~+ bM: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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5 X! j' ^6 G& @! ^$ ML: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。$ {3 l  H& g/ r. X" c

' P( c; ^/ t4 x! nMichael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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