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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。( S3 A5 ~" y- H/ ~) D2 [2 [
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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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3 Y) o/ S0 y' @$ c. WM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.1 b( {4 F: E0 |$ x

4 x0 K8 j# c: G  YL: 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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( J4 `: p/ C  A$ f* z) [, P& ~8 zM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.' o8 I) t0 V7 s

  @2 B% v. l( b9 t8 _! RL: 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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: ?5 J2 `  D0 ^8 S8 F0 W2 ~9 oL: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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, W" Y  ?5 i5 w' aM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?* \" @: @) B5 P6 O/ h. ~9 V6 C- i; V

0 p- c7 R9 M+ N! \) l0 Z: Z" ?% |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.' {4 T1 H. l9 G+ Q' P3 t: u( [3 g4 w

9 r$ W( t# i6 P1 u( F. b3 rL: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.
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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!3 G4 A' J/ a7 p( i
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( Y8 f  f6 t+ I

  a" j! M7 O" Y( D: F# |(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.
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! E! X: h6 O/ x0 ~5 q) GL: 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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, j( L. ?* g: e; L1 W. A0 V: bM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 R2 W% g, v2 ^8 C

- |* q% Z7 k; q$ o, R, ?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。' V$ |( x  C. Q2 u- n2 y
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.1 k. V/ {+ @; N9 k5 y

  j" l2 j& f& S6 {0 CL: 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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* g0 X4 D. Q/ A' R" ~M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.+ }/ O5 [( E) ^8 o1 u, x

" |! Z' g. J* p8 ?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.# }, o. D! f  y" v

$ }% Y, {8 S# p9 p: AM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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1 o% n- c4 [1 c- ~' m. i8 GL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。% y% y/ m7 b7 Y  C5 H
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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4 m" T5 Z+ I, I% o) x' CM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.& M6 j- r6 ~* q* C

/ L! X4 J7 W# i' h1 F0 F6 _% lL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。. \# ?9 g* q! n* r& r1 m" s

# C4 H# x! z. d, K- `- hMichael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。7 A/ J8 y" {3 N7 W! K, w4 O8 P
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