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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。) i+ k1 x2 [' e1 U2 ?7 q& e
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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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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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6 ^/ Y  F$ \: Y+ Y8 g2 eL: 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?% T1 M' n$ _/ Q
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& v* c% C% L6 d0 Q, z$ Z

* a2 f: F  E/ v5 i5 T5 W9 ZL: 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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2 J$ H9 H' a5 DL: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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2 j+ S& C+ u7 m0 L3 |M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?( b2 e4 i& ^6 o5 d( m

5 f( M7 W! m, n9 O' eL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ S, p1 I* I* u1 \( h: R

0 _$ v4 r' t: dM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?: E: }) L* o! o8 L+ L2 ]

# P- P# q" J1 {4 E4 aM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.$ Q' U% Q5 S" A% o' `
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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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4 o: e6 z2 s' L. F7 W$ uM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!2 D3 }: u: @8 y# q) M6 B
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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. U5 e6 S/ H2 N* M" iL: 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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: {  d) C# x, Z5 Y. L, Y) gM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all." S/ V( A+ ], v) `% X

5 X7 t& W9 C/ pL: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./ e' ]; t( r; M" m, G

' j' D7 t/ ~- j; m" i. z9 lL: 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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6 u! J$ w+ {# H4 ~2 \& v% _7 ]M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.# m0 K- U! L2 w+ d

0 e* `1 g1 X5 j' x9 F( @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。
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1 Q1 C  U  F8 t0 `+ gM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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) }0 \7 H" ]! lL: 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?) m- ?" Y: N% b$ ^
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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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+ i  k9 U- p( F( T$ EL: 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?& x% Y! Z; Y* d) |: L, G# W
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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。! o& s  ]* o% o

! h, g6 z; Y0 a' gM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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* P3 C+ M# H) @4 IL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。9 X# Y; e7 l; L2 I' B+ J$ s
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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.
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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。. J0 s. t; ]3 E" {) Y3 T' n

0 m5 ~3 s, t3 H3 K# {. {$ xMichael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。- V2 [+ Y# |- I$ \9 l
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