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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!
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0 A6 t: I- X3 p/ oM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( R* n  ]" q" Q8 `

! c( F8 S: C2 yL: 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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/ s, _1 h; h9 }6 }( F3 tM: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。& i1 ~/ R* a" Y! K; V

0 d8 s, h- O% I& W: J6 @4 DM: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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1 a& k9 V# T! y5 f- L# W* ^7 F& iL: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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  Q$ R! r4 G( I: hM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?# u1 }, y- N9 ?

/ m- V; H# K% Y! w/ XL: 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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2 g- Z, j6 {& XM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 \/ G0 s4 h  X% ~: I$ U* Z9 L8 H

; P! J; k. e2 L) L3 d5 RL: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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  d# n) z* ^/ \' r* XM: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?% |9 Q7 `; X9 A# b
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, Y1 Q" V- K. L- ~* G* r. h
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!& [; W$ g- K6 v$ g. C
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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4 r4 P2 a' S  UL: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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. b% i" f; E4 [6 y; SM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.* ?" x% L0 T  o0 i+ u2 j' c% O

' l4 d" i' i5 x% @2 \1 ?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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! v8 K$ G: _4 t, @3 gM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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' X+ g; T' T: n% X4 {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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( v6 y8 f" `3 t/ y- C  VM: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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3 V) U+ @) J. n1 I6 V: a$ B0 k1 OM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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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8 l# y3 A' X3 F: @M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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5 v  a9 w1 Z- J. JL: 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!9 ]6 w- y" _' f0 {( X: g2 }1 D$ `; |: N
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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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。: r1 s, }9 C& j+ }: E, D- ?* \

* ^1 {/ q* R9 p) x' VMichael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。8 ?9 s; v7 J4 m1 b. N3 N7 ^
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