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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。/ G! _( I: L  _7 \4 s5 t
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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games." w. @# C3 h) w# t& d$ w
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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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+ n6 z0 U: o3 v8 I% N% I# n' eM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.6 M" l* u' E% n1 F

& h2 i6 {, x8 XL: 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。+ O- `! [3 J! @" d/ {% o9 b
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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.9 [5 m1 _. U2 U4 N+ X: s

7 I6 M* X  P" X5 x% h" A( fL: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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4 B* E* D/ p% I, `7 W2 M, QM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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9 N2 _6 r2 f, T! L- l7 qL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?' S7 v  f5 P4 u' M1 A
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., h' F- e4 c6 ?) x, F. @% t
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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?- G% w; ?! O5 U& A

4 c! }8 {! c; [" QM: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?9 r, ]" N5 M8 _# h
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 \7 K1 }3 D8 w0 d
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)0 Q' q" {; R/ J
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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。3 s/ ?5 j5 P( j. R0 ^( _- N: h

+ U4 Y5 t" `: d  c, l! _# B9 d9 CM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.9 |8 e* V- ?8 _5 C

# O+ ]9 k, y( g! ?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。' K% @( e' [/ ^& A+ W) f8 `

) q; O2 \# N. ]7 a) j+ dM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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, ?! Y% B2 e/ sL: 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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  r0 x5 g! N6 ?: Z0 {+ pM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 j8 z- F; e+ w* d

# r# J7 q( \, @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。% L- S# Y( D: _' z* z

. k; R2 y+ E" ~' MM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.9 F* `6 O1 I+ Y
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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.1 t0 s+ _2 {2 e2 T6 T

' b/ o4 O& w5 N. zL: 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.7 z$ `; D3 Z! r& O4 M
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?* Y8 S0 l! `8 ~, \

. u4 X( `2 M" V2 G: f1 c& h% @L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。. L0 L: T- |0 p% k
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!: D, @# I/ j# q

# H  ?+ t6 ^3 }  x1 }L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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+ A0 Y! d8 I" a* ~) U! MM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.2 Q9 \8 A! H3 J0 T  Q
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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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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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