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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。
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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!1 d& d$ z* o8 M$ _
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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.
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2 R* s/ z* u; 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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; W" c; I, ]( F, ^0 B, X9 IM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ T! |  ?8 i/ D! \

, g, X; g, A, w. C/ T. r  b7 iL: 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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8 w6 W  ]: G8 s" N) m" HM: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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8 r# }. T* D/ S1 tL: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?$ O) D# r2 i4 I, t' J3 r

/ g9 r$ H; h; X# |0 o$ rM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 n* X4 `$ \, v3 g
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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?; J& s0 H1 h7 B% B4 g+ T

* X2 y; ^: k2 K  Z; ]2 rM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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+ m$ q, @7 C' V) s5 }' f! |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?4 Q# Y! {$ Z" g2 @( ]. m

& f2 S' i, m/ d1 oM: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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5 f, K% B! Y' [2 n" H( `, _+ p( ?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?$ k7 s4 O9 H- Q, D. z8 v4 C
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% P5 b2 k8 k5 |2 t3 H. n

5 e) k% @! G6 b9 j1 w7 c% |L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 {% g4 E3 J2 x  i7 ?: K

) g/ _- l2 c8 a' O(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)( H7 n" v$ S1 V/ {# w( V
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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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. f& \. ~: O( E* QM: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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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: N+ d- _! _0 `5 }% _6 {7 z) ZL: 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?
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* n: z: i5 B/ F+ YM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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4 H6 |. K, Y6 n: y" \% s$ h2 hL: 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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) z. g. J( e5 Y% H/ wM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; J9 D8 d: n' M+ y3 ^, Q$ s. y( 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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' G! S* w$ w6 c- PM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money./ ^) r$ M# }0 u
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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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# V# m- a; ]3 V! t  ~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!. }# A9 N6 L  ?# c: R9 ?' F6 b
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: _$ z6 x, J. p- I. r
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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./ U7 E6 R8 a, X) `  X8 e# i

5 ?+ x& t; E8 `0 QL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。. C' F8 [# P6 |" F1 k6 c" N' T

5 d; h& `9 W/ n& r9 tMichael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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