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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!
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: s$ p/ P0 t8 V0 d, qM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.  @2 f; x% t( r6 k1 H& _9 p, O
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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?) \- d$ D- Z/ y$ {9 p& V
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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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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?0 f' c* G& J0 n- g( S
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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; c# Z6 \2 T; SL: 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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4 p/ p- j% B* w1 _! q2 ~M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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! C$ q" @  {1 t  sL: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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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.3 p2 F. k. n0 l6 p) X  |  Y
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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?- z: m% v. G$ [

) f" N5 c) p, O6 Y2 _, GM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!2 N; Y# J+ I  _6 E5 w

8 e9 p* k4 q' n/ D4 U" QL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 }. [" t* ~) e! G' h  t  y& A+ k
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)& Q) Z+ b. r! ~6 l
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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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) f; ?& V* I: w7 g& l/ aM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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. [1 I: q$ }3 m: \. u  cL: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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7 N$ {# x% C, S% xM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?; f7 r% Y: X! T
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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。+ H; g# H9 t* @4 b

. r4 N4 \1 t2 E5 K& [& z5 e7 GM: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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( ]6 @+ _& M* gM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.# P6 {4 ?: r- K; G
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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.0 [2 Q+ i+ P8 R7 J

- H- I8 k2 `8 j" G  y( T2 UM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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  _+ u1 _5 Y4 j' G0 e/ ?- d6 [L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。" U/ T" Z* l! e" V6 W- H
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, t; f" ^( W, m; S& s$ V
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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8 Z& Z9 x1 @8 o; M; UM: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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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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