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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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" v7 o6 q) p( V5 A  m/ r1 IM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.- O" q/ t. G" h' Q% A4 T1 S, s
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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.0 U% V1 B2 O# I: e: M& a) ~
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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。7 g2 b/ M* [. x! R) l. ^
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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., I% U6 W9 R# a) J9 I

) _' }9 M, H6 o9 M7 ^7 [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?1 L  D6 C' e& ~) A+ r% b

. R3 Y# E% M7 ~- \# vM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 ?) K$ N6 {6 [% r7 [+ m, u
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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?( H1 U# b* g0 H) Q* W3 Q4 z: K
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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7 U1 m  _! h/ g8 A5 w5 e( |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?( L) @/ U4 J3 ~6 F( P
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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.' c) }$ ?7 l4 H, V$ k

( n8 s7 H: }# J8 C) Q# 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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!3 l. a& t: D  o2 P- P3 e
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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- L1 h5 [# L7 e+ P0 KL: 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。, I6 `2 G5 K4 E9 _5 I3 U. C
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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。  f0 N  C! @6 H+ g+ A4 Q5 L2 T

# }. @0 Z& B! b1 fM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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+ _5 n8 a9 ?* @" J/ TL: 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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. k9 m5 g" K" ?$ X1 S6 [: xM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.# f5 F" g7 n: a7 A! }# c* }

8 k! X& T" k2 X  T( tL: 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。: `/ o) R( ?; G- f, D
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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% k" w3 o" h/ A& s8 H1 c7 O; m3 T( K6 y. BL: 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.
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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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+ ?  z" Y7 k0 U6 L3 ]' G! w: W& M9 gM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。% M( \: V$ q1 h" }/ N3 D) {
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!8 ^4 E* _9 @2 Z; e" B

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% K2 W$ R, p4 d7 q/ n. C* ]M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again., ]) J0 ]# r8 ^4 d, u& z
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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。1 P% p7 a) S/ H8 N* ^" l

. s" J. u- ~  r3 W: t3 jMichael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。  a4 ^# v$ X; r* r/ b* O
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