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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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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!& x6 k7 B' \% Z" e

. y9 I" m3 B5 q) _$ KM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( {  B/ g2 F4 B* y; N; z' {4 g" q

' ]5 ~# a: A) U; ~) G, L! tL: 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.
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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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) v; S5 l& ~! {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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" D5 [9 N1 ?# X! [" `! C" h) q4 V

. [# y! w# h+ ^, Y: D" m" L! hL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?4 b: ?  k* c( S7 H* b6 W

4 f  T3 Z. [, P. K! V+ mM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.# d4 Q  C( s. s& P; `/ p7 i
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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?/ J* y* ~, F, t

! I) O6 }: M; P" K8 p* HM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.1 m6 O& [- Y! p; V, i5 u3 c# M- ^

# z8 ^2 J  Z1 A, \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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3 F% h) G! i( n7 e- E# C# A8 @L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!2 E9 R/ U$ |5 H/ u' m3 H: N! J

7 v( O; q# z( i5 ?7 T9 X(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。
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. X& ?1 G7 N  b# J9 \  VM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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# m9 ?: \) ]" f4 @/ v- |; M) lL: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。  I; i" |5 o, V4 A( |
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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0 h+ n+ h& W/ P- pL: 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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4 U+ R% @! p. m; G* Y1 G& K3 Z! RM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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! d% P8 K& L  |/ B: z% ]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。- s# Y+ k4 j* v. n* y

3 k6 s4 ?* J* I) h, t2 t& G! @; IM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.% m. |! _& _4 `6 T' l& X  Z

% |/ m' f8 f" w+ ~6 N% mL: 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?1 ]/ ~' g5 H' h. d
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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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+ C$ c; t: e: Q1 h% pL: 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.: b+ [( A! U  E: H' Y
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?1 M9 V7 Q# }7 M4 s. y2 G

/ G  W$ O: Q9 vL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。" M1 q" c8 P2 C; ^8 d
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, h: b  ]  |' B

. ^: [7 t0 s  K' EL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; ^9 S8 l0 W0 h- K& o9 k

8 y( S! e; h9 S% k4 wM: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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/ z8 }3 e  D" R" K3 f( {# \' _- _; DL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。- ?  |  l) A- u% b/ W

& R, `5 s: p7 zMichael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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