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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。& m' B; _6 v% Z+ k, X' F( j

8 d6 }: N4 F. T$ w, eL: 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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  ^- T) U% z$ Z) Z$ LM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.. g# [) _8 B  ^! K5 j3 P
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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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1 f0 k7 [7 w# f$ T1 i3 LM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) \. [. N, j" g; x7 P7 j
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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。  f8 w3 I0 ~7 u1 V+ `
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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.
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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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6 r9 y& t3 z8 @$ v; oM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ l+ X, F# I8 Z7 G; I( r
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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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$ l( y1 g3 j% a1 s- _# D. T$ y. xL: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?6 q2 s* }$ `* B

5 ]) m% ^6 l# e1 ^- Q- bM: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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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% n' b" O* o: _" Z$ T) \(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)- U' O& b7 ]- `
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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.% F. P/ B* O) ?! \: p4 U# R3 t. [5 ~
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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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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- O; q* L7 x' t: ^/ ^* b8 x" ~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?" v+ h) q$ R% w* ^! N% \2 H; V

: j; N; }3 m. C1 t: ]. ^M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。4 A1 n$ T; S% m0 m

% }( I. F/ ^5 G( \M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& g! D$ U* _' m- j, t% o( u

# K" V" G# r! u2 c. R( `4 jL: 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.8 |5 x1 j8 A9 ~$ }( _

9 S9 _9 ]) M% `$ Q6 |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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: y4 b5 _, K- u$ ^- yM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# ?  u; r. V! o/ G, A

9 A# e) i+ l# }$ ?" m, ^8 ~" CL: 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!+ Y1 b! M! N( |5 Z7 |0 s$ _, F

0 R+ ~+ i' [; X* F8 ]% C6 iL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。7 D& I' A7 J, c' _$ b& a4 e6 z+ i
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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.4 b: E' f( ?/ p' o+ X2 h

& r! h. q) Z2 Y1 k7 y% qL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。1 Y6 M3 [! T4 Y& s" r( f
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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。# W6 a4 g8 `5 w
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