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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。! q7 `; M" M: `  k
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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!2 h0 C  P5 A0 B( s* j# Y  U
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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.# m6 b/ C, `& ~  u1 T4 X

( }$ Q! v/ D( V- ]: I' G! jL: 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?5 B  T: v- T0 k+ y
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.- K) b3 m, b! G& H" n% N

8 M8 C0 X% p" k' J# x" M* }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。1 \/ l* P: _4 g, w, Q8 E

% Q. O. F- [/ }/ n7 y1 qM: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.( J; O- }1 T0 ]! F

1 g: s" t% f. M) g" b8 @' HL: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?9 T0 Q" U' r) n5 L& A1 {. b4 f; n
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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.8 i6 m0 _( D! E* |4 ]! A

  }0 I- ?" d' h  S# T4 y# v! ?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?3 u: Z( L/ E- B# v' X
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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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  ?( S; @5 |" x* i. N0 IL: 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?. M, a; V# Z9 t

- |5 c4 k3 i' R( t7 ^* Z0 t0 y1 B" }M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!$ E" V  |& V. s  V; r0 H
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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4 ]- r- R3 L2 R' M( r(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。: U; n; @! T2 L8 v6 [0 n

2 j) G* D" \% R* ]: q+ U1 u0 cM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all., A/ V( I! a2 _; N" V9 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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! ^' ^9 Y6 I9 o: SM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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0 G8 f9 J2 g, @0 X' IL: 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?, u0 R7 N2 _0 F
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.& J1 s/ M, g4 v' l6 o
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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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7 @+ j5 x0 o) y+ M3 s# G  AM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! M8 N3 _& `! x. W! c* V
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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?7 j& _% H2 x3 t3 i* A9 e
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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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5 p* ?. w( F: g$ d% {& dL: 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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/ E+ L1 G" h: J# e" ZM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# V  [0 R* q7 p/ E; [

( N; `& P9 B; z& E1 zL: 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!
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  m) N) B% ~. ~- g* [" M- l5 lL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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; [' U& n3 N1 _4 ]; D- y" zM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.2 u# D& @" l0 B9 f4 I, c0 |
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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。
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! z. w3 Q/ H4 n/ H& m& |: {6 B* VMichael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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