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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。) R) e6 p# ?, N) L* V! Y
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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!+ Z, ?* P6 S; U% k9 a
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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.
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5 K6 y9 Q9 ^* l) d8 `: t! ~5 z) yL: 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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% b! A, q/ w. W6 j5 l* W/ QM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ `1 p2 v: T* q$ s; O; p' x: K2 E# ^0 }. d

6 h  @$ ^  w3 V! g4 i4 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。1 S+ V% R6 y; ?# _1 e+ Z9 }3 U

- P% V! R) e7 bM: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?9 J, n0 X& i% R+ {5 o
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?1 c$ f/ N8 S" Z- A! B
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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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5 r+ a' b4 q% y5 W; WL: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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0 {% Z( U: h. B  Y4 i6 `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.5 z& X5 @# q" m

3 f* S. L7 p, [6 X2 R7 J( J) ?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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) L5 n; |+ S' G3 B% sM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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- C' F! ^- u7 O/ X5 l; AL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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6 _6 i2 O1 M, F(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)2 {: `* ?( T) g* p4 F6 o, g
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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。5 c/ p+ u' U: D* f

7 @. p1 E' O! ]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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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0 v5 j5 a  i5 wL: 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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$ p5 a6 E. S3 H2 q8 p, r6 s! F# sM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 z' W8 S4 Z+ [: w* y/ ~& b2 G
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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。. n% S$ w; Z9 N: @

: k( B* n1 D/ SM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; j% [0 q- v' `! Q9 j

( \- s2 Q/ s" G  a. A# qL: 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' [) p0 VM: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.% o6 d0 f1 H  {, Y$ F
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 R2 B% q0 o- ]2 Q

: W" h" `8 \* V3 A$ ]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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5 K) o9 I/ H( W% N! O0 \# e2 p# wL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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& r8 I/ w! T5 x, l- C5 x6 l2 FM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.$ ?; L) P/ [  |$ o3 s$ I
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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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4 z0 o8 d5 p) A  P. [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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