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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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& f* M6 S( e6 c5 v7 d; kL: 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!- S1 |& c: Z# h5 s

: |1 e. M) J: V! ~" ?M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?2 J0 v5 m! A0 {1 A& ]3 w

6 K4 M! q! R; v( u+ U3 DM: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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/ V4 h" C: I1 j, H: H- GM: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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* w0 N& f& T+ \" s( mL: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?* x$ f- z' p' q# @2 {7 V: r

: ?0 L7 G- \; V& b- ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ r8 P: p3 |' q9 ~
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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?8 i4 U. U4 |+ T, }0 q
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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) O+ B+ q( C* E& fL: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?& A% A/ \8 X5 ~% Q# [+ I( \
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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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1 Y# U- K5 K0 rL: 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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+ Z' s5 J2 `% pM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 t8 _/ T8 _; I$ p/ n! @) h& U8 c/ q
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!! J( [6 o# [- _0 u& O
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)2 z7 T* {% f& z5 ?' F# o
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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。# p& m5 y; D% d

( T) f9 a& ^; G( s8 D) \M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.) }7 g! `( Q2 k8 y  u
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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。5 }3 l- ^" S, V% A& X1 i; J4 }

0 W+ _& l6 s7 C: m+ n6 _M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.3 Y) b( W$ I) |3 K
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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?
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' d; F2 t) D( D& ]# N3 ^M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) R$ Z4 j' f6 ]' q' D
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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。9 ~" K3 r2 s  j
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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0 Y: [1 o7 z3 kL: 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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2 c& L) y# L, `6 l5 t$ PM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.' y% Z: Q9 e- N( g6 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.
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0 e, F; d, C+ rM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 Y7 o5 H' ]3 ?
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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3 [* J0 I1 \+ _" H1 }( OM: 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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5 z0 A6 N& Y" 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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+ W' p5 s: P# q5 t8 q7 AL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# L. Q- G6 U/ V  `5 ~

  s1 f* [- P& g! V! QMichael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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