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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。( S$ d0 f( Z+ w
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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!+ y: E  E: e) a; u  L- Z/ r* W

- ~$ K7 q) d; C0 VM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 f$ p: ]) X4 _7 R

, e- l2 \% W: d# ^( A& b( B' WL: 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.: K% O' m- ]+ ~. k; P  R# x

. m) m$ l; @" `& P, k$ P  oL: 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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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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" B9 k3 B3 e* ~: Z5 J3 }
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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?
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3 ^+ v5 `- y1 X9 E4 aM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.5 H$ S! {% {& w# b0 K4 T+ d
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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?
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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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! I$ v$ \3 Y% n1 W' d7 L% UL: 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!5 @6 t. S+ T  n: j  k& u. d
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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8 s2 f% |1 p4 P$ Q; w(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位), q+ r; Y: N+ ^( `0 [
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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。: H- m) l; p+ n( R9 R
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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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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?& @$ i% `2 ?! A$ v* v2 h

- ^/ z0 W' p6 m; B; h# S' u5 dM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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' m- s* h1 N6 `; _6 ZL: 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。: m4 j, X' \& Q* t6 Y

& E; ?- k  p2 T% _5 bM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.2 z4 a9 `  y- a$ {# \$ a; T

- b  n3 P6 d2 dL: 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?5 h( M; V4 e( P/ P8 {& a
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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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M: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。* V. B8 G6 E* G4 t& H8 h! S3 ~: G1 W
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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, E) N  G3 i; @7 Y, t" j4 [2 lL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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( r6 e2 w* F$ y- u5 f1 w, d/ {M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.+ V- P: O, z* u2 ?

; L! [- p+ a# s' k3 z; k  d! q9 wL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。$ A0 {/ V5 D7 q
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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。
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