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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。4 h* J1 c# p! J0 X5 X

0 L; f: P3 b$ G. sL: 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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8 L$ e$ b; {( C4 N1 k; xL: 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?' J  r$ ]" Q) M  a8 D8 C4 O

! e$ @+ k* }$ t/ [' ~7 [7 bM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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/ y! a8 g+ ?' T7 tL: 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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9 [8 c+ h! m$ @! B7 q1 kM: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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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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) a- m. H) k. q5 N" }- PL: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?
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+ T' u5 p! |' C  N: F" D, SM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.$ w3 {- G+ j; N; ^& `
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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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6 w; B  h& [5 c- \0 `2 IM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' }8 e" s5 X& D; M) q- o: F- c

: @! M; y, d- f5 {5 ?(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)& B! L* z( ], r9 I) C7 F
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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.
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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。4 y; U6 l! g8 @1 P  M3 `2 i: l5 l

; L3 L5 f# v# W) u1 d" B1 q" uM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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5 e: u# @$ G. `' CL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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( Y& _; w  r7 c& ~( h. j5 BL: 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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/ N0 t. {9 ~. @, DM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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.* s0 y, z1 y) D# e+ H/ p
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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?. v# W* O4 d  [1 Y9 Z; R3 l, K

9 ?7 ?7 q8 I7 U  E  [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!$ E3 e4 h' u% r5 R# u  P

; ^" W- v  k. |) |( T: _$ z7 H- h7 PL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.
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6 F6 f5 M7 K/ {: L& YL: 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。: A$ z5 @' j1 n' U' Y
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