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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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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.$ v4 U( U2 a4 Y. r: O1 z

! h* G0 x6 d: }% o3 ]8 {6 |! pL: 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?% c) H6 ]- M4 ^, u8 j; ~

4 o- A% V! l4 \9 f* d$ pM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.% ]' q4 k+ t( T

/ o7 N) Z3 V4 ~  m0 W, f4 iL: 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。- ~% s6 t. T6 A$ s
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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.. P6 t, ^* d5 ]* @! M+ L5 U
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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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! c. Q, k2 |+ M  M: K3 y6 P( NM: 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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. e6 ?/ V, e! Y$ }. n/ {% @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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& O8 t5 x4 x$ U5 F5 G# PM: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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; V, ~  [( V7 {2 CM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 S' W4 h! v- H# O( N9 Y' H8 P

, ~+ y, Y1 O2 w. ~: BL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!9 k  ~0 Q0 F' S% T4 `) \' [

, S- `8 \. l1 D(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)2 M/ U8 X8 F7 f
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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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9 R! t! n: u2 j6 R6 ]1 jM: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。
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' e' @3 a; ]7 o! e2 zM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.: q# U9 W8 Y- V
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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?5 j4 G! _( \# Z$ J' ^3 M
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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- V. S+ ~) ?7 u2 [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。3 j5 v8 \* N# w' S

, y; P* o9 |: o8 oM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.7 o8 }! H. b+ U) v/ N

; H8 O. e( ~+ }- q: u/ GL: 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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, q' c; h9 k' q: R: M1 }# OM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& x* p! c% \  |: d) @4 w
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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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$ ]1 E  o' v8 d) N! bM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, h  E7 p+ W1 y; m6 O* J; E1 u

/ j0 M# ?  R9 F- W6 [- R% F- D  q: Q4 vL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。$ s/ f+ C$ S! Y* J$ ]
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!  L$ Z9 u# c' m" U
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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.
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3 |% _7 d  M; eL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# D0 G  ^& \4 J0 h# }) Z- \

+ e5 f2 O" t5 f- |/ X$ FMichael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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