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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。5 y2 {9 w% R2 B5 M+ \1 W

& x1 ~; l& T5 X" Z( CL: 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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& D% X- ?' }- k+ o6 @' }9 V" GM: 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?
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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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1 R" \4 n, [; X& q0 y) P( F1 kL: 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。8 {$ V8 W) n( c
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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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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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0 h6 [* h. X$ @* v' o; M, R7 KL: 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.- n( a5 N4 S0 S# u. N

2 W5 P7 p- e3 yL: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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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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% O) J) g8 K! @" R8 U3 n

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/ H+ a6 M4 k( e2 \* F(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。3 k9 f" M- ~6 m- r* A2 u6 z1 g
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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! J2 y  f9 P) ]3 MM: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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* @- v  A3 P1 q' V6 }* W6 b% K
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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.  Y+ ^; w# C* W

- @# t* G9 G) b1 uM: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!8 e" u! H0 z9 j/ X' `0 F
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。% j3 r8 ^/ m  L1 B* ?
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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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/ C0 u$ r. f8 b5 Z/ w0 n1 G$ ?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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/ D7 ~" Q* N4 T9 b7 ?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。& g. \, w- T7 U+ p5 n+ m; i
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