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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。8 S) F  E! ^4 x" N* D; w. L7 I

" I0 K. ^2 i9 O# g/ sL: 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!% O4 {! H( {# i2 r0 x6 {, i9 }  t

' c+ q- W6 A: dM: 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?6 B6 K) ]  o! Q2 C# g8 y

8 s# T/ T4 U6 o* v6 gM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。
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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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. i& H/ ?; _% X! l% TL: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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" U5 \# d, S1 O. Z2 cM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ X9 f% F: Z2 r
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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?) e7 \0 l5 b4 G% U: \4 V, D+ J

7 d: ?+ q  B4 V3 j+ O+ aM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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4 {9 A4 V) b6 @6 j+ r, QL: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?3 p* W- ?1 g/ O4 x# U9 c& b8 @

! Q1 P% c& C* J9 S" Q3 P, bM: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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- o1 a. O0 i* x0 PL: 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?4 d; K: v5 f, w0 y# g

; G1 z% Q/ H$ l6 R, R2 [M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!- P& w2 [* i+ p* h3 t

1 h5 p6 O7 f0 u$ JL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!- S) S1 x2 `( `. W- c1 m8 o
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。) Z4 U; A2 P/ w: F$ H; R" b/ h
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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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! J6 W# v6 E0 y5 C3 c8 r2 @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。+ p% {+ I3 ~  ~% C* z' P( x
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.& {! g; }5 Z9 e6 E6 O% ^

) E, Z- l& @+ S8 V+ h/ n; nL: 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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( ^- O& I1 o1 Z: E$ D2 JM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 g( I9 a/ S+ ^, d- i
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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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5 s5 K+ m' U$ R: Y; W! ^M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; w' V4 r3 x2 X  }2 v8 ^7 p
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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?6 {1 N# B7 R# u" |" j. n  E
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.; J7 t, j. c2 Z+ f7 c: C: ^6 B

( n9 B3 ]9 Y) W7 m! g4 H# I* }. CL: 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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3 _9 v3 w) x) X0 F; z* S1 `5 JM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?! B3 B2 Y* U; t+ E+ s# h4 h

; L5 v/ g; L5 oL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。  j0 T5 |( u) ?% m" i- n0 A4 L$ L

7 E7 h) q4 l$ i$ j. ?; j3 ZM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!$ \$ Z; r5 h5 |0 w' r3 k

) I0 w+ m/ U3 F; I& xL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.3 r- D: a6 F( t! G" J

1 m# ]. x4 f. k, w  k4 {+ c3 FL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。7 `( M9 D- s! P" f
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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。- _* B& z* Z& W; I4 W* N  N+ T
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