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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。# N9 X/ @7 t; ]% q6 c( L$ H. V
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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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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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, ~' V+ v# e/ XM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.6 B& o. S8 w8 W+ }, p$ h" L7 {

% x7 F( ~  M8 u$ D* p" UL: 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。" g) }: m* z9 L8 Q

. _) _% I* g& r1 a/ D; HM: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.$ F6 ^# ^9 I. \4 R7 V. }1 X( B
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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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3 h. J3 o% t3 E, E9 S* z; zM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?- O+ I* M! Z$ @' H4 j; T: b, t

4 z; F1 x7 t# X0 Z/ {) w) jM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ W: w$ t/ A# E7 H# Z! u
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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?! C. k' o9 u- Y4 }

, s, u- \5 f: d% |9 n3 F# CM: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?- @* a& L' W! R9 \' S; F# f) v

: m1 C1 x0 E1 {4 rM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 w1 q0 s. @/ I0 {4 i* P4 G, R
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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8 h: n" J+ k" O(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)" r9 ?1 Z, p* u
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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。. e- I9 O# |* K: B  M/ ]
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* Y* Z- I( Z6 f( \+ `/ F0 L

$ o+ H7 v# _. J% 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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1 C; ?+ V0 E9 r4 FM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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+ S/ f, V( f7 g, @  cL: 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?, k" Z) D- U% Z3 F- U

/ h1 x% q1 @& A2 q3 z, gM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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6 {/ `' x9 g8 D8 @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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0 l& }9 e9 {/ e& aM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) v5 m. D9 E# T& H" L
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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?8 e( K3 e  @4 B' L  F, F
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 v2 n( Y: }6 |

  R9 C: m) S& T3 H% y) N* Y8 G0 [4 oL: 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.2 F8 Q( \+ p5 ]

4 X0 W3 [/ i. r! {0 z" hM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ u& K/ e1 t/ X( Q+ U$ C  ]: d& r
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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。1 L9 ~0 j6 a6 @, K. ^( r$ ?

2 j. W5 E3 o- a( K+ DM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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  @% X: @/ X. ]+ p$ ]/ CM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.- V' W$ X2 G: g, \/ d, f. c. ~

. X, c, R4 [5 G# e  wL: 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。
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