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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。4 @1 |. r, S+ n9 H

% t/ {& _  b& Y$ @  \9 c3 ZL: 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!& P) R& f+ b! d- u8 |" w

& v2 {, d6 Z$ QM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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: W% s! C2 H- [9 P: ?# U* L2 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?) _  D* D/ i" h% @  D
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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$ g; E' k# S$ y' v9 V- \  Z2 ~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。
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* ~4 q( R, ^( {  PM: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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1 c& M4 }7 j! l+ R$ G4 SL: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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! C( t% f3 o$ g5 p! N2 F% @5 oM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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/ i' o' V2 m) I/ A+ z! c9 I( FL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?. L% o, |' f; l, h( T. n

0 `& z2 I; o8 W- ~, x- ]8 k* n( ZM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.. i4 x- ^# n9 S  R1 C

* ]6 `5 n7 b3 O, J: y1 yL: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.% l! F# m. Y" k1 [7 u4 h
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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?9 t) ^/ k6 U* \1 y/ p1 q6 H3 k9 N
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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!$ ^* F. a1 R6 `

0 S: v/ v! W2 F(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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+ C* z; S5 E: N6 S1 PL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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) V* T6 N2 i( y' A4 FL: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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3 v6 ~$ t% e# @# l" N9 W2 @. t, }M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; L0 @- `6 [) r- b5 Z

6 Q3 m9 }! P$ H4 x! ~9 p/ EL: 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?: P9 D% u1 j% t

9 Q! y+ |, l6 f) AM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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9 _% B! [, e$ R$ P& G9 eL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.$ v) T! F* x. h8 }
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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?; A9 B" y: J4 ]) X' Y6 ?( G9 j/ J

& b, D  r# a+ p# s. Z8 z8 ZM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money., e) v! J0 E5 H+ ?) L& V0 s" }

4 Q* M% j5 q0 lL: 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.! T' y; V" A* J% E+ |8 e
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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。1 Z/ \/ ^& {5 X" I- @5 ]0 I

6 ]  F* u* V+ i9 e7 \! B% {9 yM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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: [# P: ?4 l* V' G: zL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。* X+ \! u% c" Y' `4 Y  X9 y* K

9 c* m7 j* G: j. Z$ _7 TM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again., R  q! G/ D0 u/ [

& ]  n7 h( S& l2 {$ M1 w0 RL: 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。& }: C- I$ {/ ~
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