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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。7 W' z: s) h* o3 H* H8 r

8 N$ J. ^/ M) d1 |1 s8 ]& ZL: 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!5 Q/ H8 r4 o' r' t& g% `- {

+ B6 b; K( A8 c8 `$ o% W* @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?* E; \8 W0 u- o) ?5 I- \

. K2 \  ^0 {$ m/ OM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.% x7 r3 J  a: O, }+ q5 {
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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。
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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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, r/ d" A( s' `3 x" i$ e$ I' a: q7 `" YL: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?5 S6 `) |3 G, n7 e- K/ e

" n& k& ^0 y4 q4 P8 fL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?. e3 S3 r- h) B

  _% T9 e( }0 W& jM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ k/ Q. Z, D' ^% ?( i/ C- f' E% M. }$ v
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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 \1 T$ E5 Q. T; C
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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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8 m8 H( V/ E! E$ D. EM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)" r# H. O2 O: O5 ?5 P  L1 L
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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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8 J% w/ c3 y0 G3 u+ d  V0 @+ A- WL: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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- \" L; G5 E% i/ ?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?5 g0 b2 m3 M+ m+ b: S

4 E; b$ h6 Q' r) g& {2 L. sM: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。
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8 E2 f  {( A0 h5 R: c5 xM: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.
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9 @7 N4 B4 @  VL: 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.8 l. J# f" K' N, C

- _# d2 r0 @9 ZM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?& Q" D) I1 Z: O  |

8 a- l! x' t. n! x' AL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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% o/ m1 e: H" k( X+ |M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!' c3 }5 s/ U# P, @7 V4 D
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。* |; V4 d3 m% t5 S3 _7 P$ h) f, k
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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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/ X8 ]; [, c& J2 k, U% S0 CL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。/ m& a2 R$ {7 a
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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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