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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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0 y0 u! ^. x1 OL: 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!( a9 V  m' h3 _2 Z' L( P5 H
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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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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?, ?0 I$ _' h$ y- V
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.# |* J  l& D# n. u4 J' d* r  |! a9 J9 a( M

' T  a5 E* Z! ?8 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 n( B5 M- k7 {) O. I6 HM: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.5 x# Q$ {. m5 Z; h

4 _* _0 f4 t- B# uL: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?$ v0 S% |& d9 x
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M: 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?, e7 s! x# \& |' i% l
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.% ?3 n2 }1 o' m

9 A7 J% f* i7 H! \# m5 GL: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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& A  o0 Q9 W' L2 b3 e3 N0 WM: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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9 u& i6 N# T5 GL: 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!% m1 s$ n6 m+ |* a. D/ N3 Q

' X- N, G4 I1 q; I# n) IL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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* K- ~3 O' N  v: N) L(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位). Q7 I5 \% ?( l) A

5 n1 D% |* v; \5 D; gL: 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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# ~/ d% p6 `+ @6 D3 w: a# v/ |/ qM: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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  G5 O# [% L5 Y0 }) tM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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* h( T2 E/ ^& S! }" Z, DL: 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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( d( \7 i. ^8 F8 b& c5 e2 j) a' IM: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。" ?+ }+ P, m" y

5 k& D6 ~$ V9 V/ f+ y$ e0 {' g6 iM: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?/ P5 K5 k1 y+ `# \- G2 S) O5 f/ Q

1 h* h* u4 L1 ~: {7 r7 ^M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.# W2 s# t9 b& P
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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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/ S8 X8 [! y# sM: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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$ ]: y8 S0 \, Y& R  `. z1 {M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!/ x& @0 K9 G7 G' Q
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。2 M. m* b' \4 S/ }3 t

, N0 w+ P9 S8 r, JM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.! [  X' S  c6 a1 P
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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。4 j! {% P; S* [
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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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