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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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. x9 e/ g6 y  O9 H5 c0 L2 tL: 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!  |$ o8 ]" t! n1 \( @

. x1 ]9 q* V9 b  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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5 u1 l3 o0 u9 Z) ZL: 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?  F7 L; R( b, Y2 o
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.6 K: C, L! b  r: I! @; J
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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。& _3 J/ C# k1 u+ `
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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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# B, e% J/ R+ y% o5 \- Y3 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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) |4 c: m5 ^- d- c6 P2 X2 FM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?5 ]1 I, ~: `& D1 j
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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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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?1 w+ k. @; o1 r

) K1 B7 k4 a( u7 `; [4 DM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.5 \8 a2 ~4 j0 N
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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?) T9 Y& T# p5 ~% F% b4 s! \
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 u3 C9 d) B/ v% O) E6 M, M. H
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!& k8 W( \$ Z' o% S  Q( \
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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。! z5 i* a5 I; q9 F9 O/ R

2 x: P1 u- j" X5 f: M" EM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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: d0 Z, T) g+ g" G  h+ M5 IL: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。" |! t( G7 U& L! f* c
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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: E5 c) L0 n$ B8 I# CL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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% S9 R7 l& d) g( ?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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1 Y9 v# X5 R) m, f. y7 s4 M7 KM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?0 c5 ~$ o! Z0 X! O3 V

1 P7 @- r* P; S& Q" T, FM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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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- S2 |- i' ^8 V7 S( |# c3 m$ YM: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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; b' j- f! b+ }; N& h& s
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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。" ]+ [$ @/ `2 i6 k9 D
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