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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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- @0 J0 [6 `; j' E/ \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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# ^! O9 ^/ N* F( V4 L* F, DM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.. j9 Q" p' J& p! b+ }
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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.) p! C0 L. y9 B6 d
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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。
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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.6 `2 X: W6 t6 a4 i& s

+ f5 c- E8 z/ ^$ v# m' S& ^5 O( 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?0 x0 A( y9 d9 d) D, w

. y4 k4 \% M! s" U  o) ]8 w- V! ?M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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: N6 `! r" t; u' f5 F# x7 b! R5 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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4 B; n% K6 h# N- J# t3 d5 @M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.5 C; A- h0 d6 E! b' q; S# E  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?$ Y# I- @  f% m1 \6 j
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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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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?; s9 B) ^/ C% v5 c1 E2 Y; d
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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( X9 @4 C/ t7 x! ]! E5 R- F2 mL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 W7 B! H; a2 F% {3 b
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位). Q$ h7 L3 i1 J& d- B1 @3 H7 V
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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。" G( b+ B5 [: L, H

/ S6 d! y9 V, B/ @7 o  ]M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all./ X, D' `2 C) \: a8 V

$ z; H9 M8 e& ~4 s+ m5 ^1 bL: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。: b, F2 g* t& z6 M

8 K% V0 G0 d& p5 |) n5 d# }M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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; o- t4 H5 z  I2 s: K3 y" u- ML: 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?: V, Q- }( E$ b% g; T* Z& [

4 @: T! L/ Z0 _2 j# o3 G2 |$ [M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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8 z" X8 d% m" V  V3 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。- F9 F1 r% {: K7 ~2 k
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ I& {% w7 Q7 ?2 R5 T4 C

' G) |& q+ v; v. u6 n% gL: 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?  k+ L7 V: y! ]3 c  \& t" P3 w
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.% L* d: E1 p& o
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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./ K9 z% [) }$ p

: W$ j0 a. F0 \1 p; c5 ]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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( r. y3 T2 h% J! I5 s

' _2 U# j" J* g( J. NL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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) ~8 x. Q3 \+ M1 Y8 q. NM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.* z- h, A( x' ~2 r- K& {
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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。# j, {! J! N; X

/ f& a  v" }8 Q: M! z$ a0 l  kMichael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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