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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 ]+ ~% k7 g; F' b9 {

* j7 X- ]( `5 ^5 d. AL: 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!4 v1 K% O: t" x+ w8 [7 U

/ p8 H2 I) D; Z( `, |+ H) PM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.' i4 t1 M, _( U( Y1 G% B" Y

  Q0 I, Y* Z: b. p4 p" `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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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。$ x7 N5 Y) e  A6 ~8 n" ]" T' [

/ [& g: Z& ?; ]' O9 l( {1 rM: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?) \! r8 B4 s! a8 i/ @

6 R1 L8 Y; x/ l# L' qM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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* R( B6 A: S1 TL: 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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+ q+ y# W5 j1 L" U5 g5 l. }5 mM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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 |8 [* r  g4 v1 d( h4 O: ?$ G

. c& t7 b1 {$ L! a" Q8 n$ dM: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?0 L2 @. [2 {. X, f

0 @) a- v2 L, K1 [8 EM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!* W; R# x  A  C
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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4 U9 c, O  y, |6 o. c" O% e(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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( l, r9 _; }/ m2 e; xL: 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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. I2 E0 b8 n: w1 T. `  n) \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。4 X  n; f2 U% S. O- `, a
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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?0 `7 m: @5 r: Y. m6 \# }# K6 h

9 ?& ], [6 B! [- Z: p) Z4 T  Z1 |M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; p4 w& M, C5 w4 P

/ T  d% Y/ ^# F/ X+ a3 ^5 d2 ]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。* I+ K1 b" s- v

3 U3 y7 Z0 l3 i$ L7 C9 Y* v5 h# j8 rM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.+ ~  ?9 D: o. i6 P
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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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2 F2 T2 n7 ]  s% HM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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: Q# s# K  V' r  x4 M7 K- PL: 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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6 z% s( I1 F  CM: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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2 M2 o( s1 {2 {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。
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: u" y4 z( X2 ^. q& L, ZM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.$ ^) |2 V! J( m8 v; b* B

, J3 k/ O! ]% D, SL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。6 t4 c( n7 ^  t+ \; J. W

3 |7 K0 o! G' U6 o/ pMichael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。* W$ D0 W' s- H$ r
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