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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。
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, E5 l! n( U/ Q' X/ ^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!& [) i  s3 r, ^3 }

, }! k7 K% W; q& w- s( b" BM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.* d( n9 l. J8 p

& O* k) f: u  r, J& {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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M: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。& X0 B/ V+ k) ^' B. R

# j+ E1 s, f- y0 |" dM: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?
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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. d6 A& W1 P5 Z+ O3 ]) O: P8 O! _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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; l% ]. p+ M3 z+ n! ?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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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?* ]4 w! Z  s: g% |
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 o5 H: f3 h7 X& {" n, ~, R. _
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( M- ]& ?2 O6 X8 b8 [  _
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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。, v6 Z! K2 m+ j: m

9 p& U# j6 L$ j$ p9 @9 XM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all./ G+ x' U% ]: x7 }5 w; Q
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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。- {( w+ O7 A1 P- b& z3 g3 L" A
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.1 o1 `; j4 x2 u  l. w" s' l
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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?% z4 e5 \7 c5 n7 Q3 ^8 i2 E) L

7 |1 `3 {3 o# E+ Z* i* @1 NM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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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$ h2 T' l5 `  F# l( m9 zM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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6 b1 E! |1 G" @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?
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: l* m# ?; b; }, \7 z0 y; H8 M+ zM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.4 h4 n- l. F2 Q6 a8 l
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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?; A% q9 U( ~; U3 T

/ p5 |8 N! e% SL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( S  E5 ?; m$ l- `# _
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L: 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.1 N6 v3 y- h. Z% o- o5 b0 Q( s

" \6 r! w% a! X4 q5 S# T8 }L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。1 }7 H: G7 j; l
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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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