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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。8 H" L- V' I  A" T

2 B1 @8 F) ?) A; A# @9 p/ _$ r6 Q: f, yL: 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.
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  ?, D! B# r% f- D9 M) N$ iL: 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?; c$ w! }2 B: Z$ g3 t
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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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; I+ [8 S! e: p% X" \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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5 |; C5 K% n; ]6 }8 l& u$ d  e- 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.' h' E$ h2 s# n; c1 ~: c7 \0 Z
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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?
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1 f# k5 C& Y6 B9 k% U" vM: 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?
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. G6 u; z7 }) M  e5 O9 gM: 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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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?4 S6 N6 S' G. N: o
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!( Y& h$ x8 f( p  U# e

: B1 B: M1 L3 H  f, C4 o* nL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" y" }( B& n* _9 L& E4 E

$ l3 _5 s7 W; }5 k, {+ U* L! b(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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: v6 n/ r/ `) z) K/ X/ Y3 a9 n' ~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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, {* ]8 d- R9 V* m9 F+ ~% J$ pM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% ~  q5 M; \; S  z1 f- h

4 e$ I# x4 ?$ P& t$ G; `4 NL: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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., C; M: c/ E% J4 @, `% Q" t, A

+ J8 \* W- y: w$ {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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, q, I7 r( S2 x9 i2 G0 g% EM: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?. L9 r8 T1 e+ j' a7 ?# s
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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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. o5 g6 y. M* f% h" `# fL: 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.6 P, u3 Z% P1 `! g/ M' E- v5 t( I

- X: h& o  I6 p5 Z3 P' r/ zM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, W/ \* W* ]  Q- y! h: k8 f2 J7 t0 _

- s0 W0 S# I6 |/ w5 h' z) j; yL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。5 S, O) `4 i% G# E/ ^
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, V6 n7 M1 w& U6 u) \6 y- E4 k
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。2 I3 n) q- F/ C1 p; n$ B& y
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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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8 V0 |" J0 \7 E( ?L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。5 [/ e: ^# b# Y# [+ e6 s. ?
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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。: J' I8 {) q6 l6 F
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