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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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" s7 W; e( d) j. e6 O. I; IM: 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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke." B2 _5 \- `' w* [) A4 x% @$ u2 s9 Z: \$ e

, ~, v# w  g( k# Z; d7 LL: 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.9 \% M% ?- B) q- d

# O; E4 H" k0 N, d  g0 x+ ?- g' F& n0 lL: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?  w6 t( w/ X$ D% h+ q& W* K# ]5 h
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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. R9 E/ H' ]; y7 s) p! ?7 iL: 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.! s; |/ Z# ?% \9 ^8 J

# p- n5 m$ w/ R$ c- v8 h0 X+ @6 [* NL: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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" W2 N& R3 H, [2 {7 A. {M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!) t7 T+ t2 B+ C" k; n2 X
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!# e$ t, R+ }  `  J( D4 W% D

/ x- [8 \) F; \  ^' e7 q# d8 w(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 ?' i! S$ p, K/ Y- N5 ^* v
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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。# }+ V. L+ H% J1 {
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 b- L2 {# z; F; N$ X+ J4 V& V
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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。& }* _) J3 O& o3 u0 Y' |
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.0 _$ ^( P4 u( P1 o
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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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2 ~- ~; e  @1 |$ M9 ~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。3 F% R  V. `( Y/ K' T+ T' M; b2 U
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.8 x% w/ T9 y( ~4 M- b; C! r
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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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.0 v8 ]6 T1 w/ j5 o
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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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 m- i) ~9 w7 L7 Q% Y

' g1 m, V6 x1 ]" ?2 uL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。) {; ^) f. Q+ c* C+ B; W
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!1 G" W8 n' O& ~. M4 w9 i

, C* t' P' }. }& R" YL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。/ r! a& {& Q8 {; Z# N# i% b
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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.9 Q9 Y. i" x- X# V0 U; t9 r- t

) q! y2 [7 j6 l% J. r/ J& kL: 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。8 B* s- ^7 N# c) `7 }9 h( [8 C
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