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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。; M) U2 Z1 @( {+ u% Q, Q

1 m8 o4 D  V/ }! |! {% ?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!
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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., V& d, a3 N, @( I3 D

1 y+ C$ g: v" J! W9 o/ N2 J. L5 mL: 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?9 |" \9 E$ \- u  P/ _

. j% u8 v8 o- s  w* ZM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.. x7 N( t' B2 e9 k
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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。9 ^: l1 O6 B# l2 t
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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.+ ~/ {- C; N% H/ `' V1 ^; ^

+ M* L: @( r+ M, RL: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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" \( Q  I9 \% GM: 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?/ ]) D" C: b1 r) |7 t

' F0 y6 ?. J6 j6 G" ~. |M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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3 ~1 b2 T$ {$ f: Y5 _+ KL: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?- {) D$ O5 u3 o1 v3 v6 V

* q6 `) @1 }8 N# j' L" ^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 q- V1 V; U' ^- y: PM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!0 X+ c) t% f( g& n+ `; x3 P
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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1 ~- z% h0 c; Y# q# X7 Z" G2 p6 }(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)- M/ [5 }1 a$ b' z  b7 }

6 ?2 S! r! L0 h; w: uL: 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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0 Y) ], A  q1 W4 c% H- p$ L0 mL: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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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?) N9 ~4 W- v% F% O8 m9 A- u
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M: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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, @( G: L6 ~0 B" XM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.' G' K% h. v5 J5 |/ @) G$ N+ H7 c

2 a4 d7 k. x+ q7 v7 K4 ^6 v; `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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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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  i: X* y6 b4 g4 E1 @M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ Z: v3 t. x- g; |
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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。& T: d2 h: |# ^3 Z' v( A' k
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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。1 I% V1 W  K7 i' T. Q% _; d* G

6 Y3 @  G. C0 Y4 C) T" LM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.) [' F- P7 z6 t* X4 w# Z
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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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& c# j* H# o4 H7 \+ r* RMichael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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