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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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! U7 I* W0 h0 hM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.: @' L# h" U+ R: t* w, l  @
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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?( f5 u3 [- U) _
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.5 Z4 I% `# E% A. a" j, h3 s# {

/ s3 r1 z  M2 \  ^7 Q5 l$ YL: 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。0 H7 P# h' s1 m: }7 f, O

& C8 X3 H) h9 {! eM: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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& p# s' y- L' t4 KL: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?% g. x! g4 l5 t( ]# E
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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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! d" G6 W7 G- J  {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?
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! u4 G, H& O* r, X" {# xM: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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2 U3 [) L, S/ d! gL: 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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, K, k' ^5 D0 y: JM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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6 s% Q& Q1 x& p; @L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 g1 }0 H' f8 _

8 ?) q& E" N6 r6 L) [(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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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.2 z0 h1 i" v4 B7 G7 U

1 H  {- G; u9 {7 A8 o" F' j: p. CL: 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?% M+ i7 q- b* L  W: V3 v5 \

" j3 i5 ~- f+ H# t* VM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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) o1 s2 j! a- z" u  a. dL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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4 R$ D+ w, \0 X! vL: 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?# p! n$ [0 m8 u9 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.: G: A2 K+ i6 r  N
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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.) F8 M! ~/ G3 r, u
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 u4 s; g# R  _

$ u, O! i' m  U9 W$ z6 PL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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- }6 P8 i9 b4 r, [% I. h: cM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( O% \/ M/ e- |  v$ d  l- W# k! \
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; R  c2 D6 O7 U1 h, h7 u

0 W& J' Z0 _! BM: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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) I8 j/ ]) J2 B# ZL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。) F+ x# V% ?. w' I/ w6 J3 D. s
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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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