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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) t, k( j, c+ Z- y' Y
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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!) n+ o9 e9 X+ e2 z

0 ^" A. E1 u1 }2 e  mM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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. u" O! a% y  r  T- u& HL: 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。
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- M+ V4 [. v" @3 |5 k: J1 IM: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 y7 G, w% P& V& |

+ H- M: Z8 m, C( ?( ~; xL: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?' H/ D2 Z2 q' R1 w) T7 n3 Z
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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?/ O. M4 ]3 t  D6 w

! E9 k1 F) U+ |* B  B- O- |; f0 m- {M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.% H% i4 W* [, c) k1 h- \& t$ o# ~& A" ?
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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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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.  `9 X" G- ^5 I7 f3 J& p
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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?/ s8 z; S- m; [2 a: V
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% @" l) ^+ @6 s  L. n
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 u  O! K6 N6 H3 S: o

. R2 o& |6 r  g# @+ b/ l(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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$ q* V+ A% ?+ w8 }2 HL: 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。) C$ O( E. A' W5 d8 z

+ V: I9 e1 @# GM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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5 E9 j/ g. l" q) \2 C- s6 F6 Y# ?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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/ c1 R& c" T, V3 WM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.7 \3 g0 S! C1 o9 n) j* [* h8 q

6 C7 k. @- n% N5 z, p7 NL: 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?, B/ j, j# |' W! L  R. }4 h8 E
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 r3 L9 i, D! u. K

( H1 A( H/ W# X: iL: 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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: n% h6 J' _5 t2 f2 u; fM: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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' {* z# P5 D- z7 P# g, h0 @2 JM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.7 o( e; Y; X; R3 c+ r+ H$ ^
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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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M: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。: Q' c0 w, z9 @% ^8 t" P
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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。
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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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( y0 c, A: ]$ F: b# F0 ^4 I* jL: 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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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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