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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。$ a! n: s7 T  b( }

: F+ R2 F; ^$ gL: 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.0 r( i) k1 s9 @! Q. W" z+ O  W

% v. K. y& G- Z4 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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( U5 Y# e& J& h5 f3 P1 q! G* J: {M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 |2 y$ G- U* d  U0 Q1 b

# V3 O& f% h8 r1 L% TL: 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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7 p  A' b: s0 m1 V3 x3 A$ TM: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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3 b, M9 K$ w3 s3 A+ [5 R" ^  ^8 HM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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  ^5 l  ?* @" J6 }' v* _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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* Z) f- `4 ?, S$ IM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.  [; j1 Q5 T: z) [, }7 Z
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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?# `! y1 ~( F1 E

' S' q9 u0 ^# B% B4 a& R* IM: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?
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& b. B& k* d6 g# tM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: o8 j8 _0 D# }7 K. z4 u. a* f" z

8 v& v3 N, {9 D5 `9 AL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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- Q1 x, D' |  V+ A2 u* }(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。
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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。  {! U( y% L1 J- a" m3 H! ?

) J; v- {9 Z. |  \1 bM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.. w/ Y! ?7 [2 {* h- T! j" _3 {7 b& h
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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?
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; }% m8 z1 L  ?, U$ `9 pM: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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! ^; n+ `! l/ C6 H: e# ^/ g
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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?
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7 \$ S5 D3 D7 x) cM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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4 L6 O- O0 X3 Y3 a/ f! KL: 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?9 Y8 b; E) L; k! N
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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。$ S3 g. E/ g& ?

( f% [/ I# G" {M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!6 L% n. Y$ D) \! j% _

; h' v* _  J/ LL: 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.
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L: 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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