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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。9 c7 g/ y$ x3 R' T& ^/ k- c
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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!0 x# D( _. X# y7 w/ K( A+ @( i

; g7 k. s  R4 D. L; [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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0 v' b; d0 u" FL: 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 i/ z/ P; I* B1 e5 {
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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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; x, v8 ?0 e) h8 p' x8 B1 Q  Z6 EL: 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。7 J! j4 b( X- g6 |. |# V) @
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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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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?: k# f  ]) x! g: {' _

% k3 S: {9 T: P# ?6 [M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 i+ A! q+ V- v1 o" H3 l2 X
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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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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?
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5 f( b8 Z. V. E8 H6 \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.; Z* u: z" f2 d9 q4 T/ P

- ^/ w$ m# P/ }! q2 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?! _) Q- N  u) D" f; G) [
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!4 `0 c) p7 [% y5 h4 r8 K- |
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位), P, U/ t) w# j# s6 ?

8 D# N5 R: a! @" t2 fL: 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。1 l3 ?8 d2 m5 |, R3 T1 M

" e9 R. u' ~" |: p  p: S0 mM: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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7 G% S/ U: q- o- H: iM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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5 R% [4 C0 o; 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?9 `8 r- f: f+ K) }( L
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.  P7 N8 ?# Z0 k" N2 I
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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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0 R* w) D' _- N" e6 B) b0 @M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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2 I4 d1 j( W* f; B" z' DL: 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?5 ]2 t# a4 F5 G& |: u3 {( L6 t
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( h+ s: C3 r, G: b

+ R' s$ n, B9 b5 h! R& I8 }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.8 i( @! @) v! K

1 r# E) k3 r9 ]; R- JM: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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!: ]6 i6 Q) }! o) l

6 Q( F( Y$ y8 C* ^+ h1 KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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- Y0 ~! W3 E6 p9 OM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.& G* S/ w) [7 e  s, }; a  `

# w1 R" @5 \' ?0 p: VL: 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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+ S0 d" w* C0 T( i  B4 kMichael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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