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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!7 q) m5 X; S+ B6 W6 `+ ^( b6 [, |

8 r, }, t" G! D+ ^: k( @M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., L& v! {1 z; Q: S5 T

  B% m# w, b- o% z+ Y, b. c# LL: 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?/ _% j8 O# c, {0 ~% Y8 ]* {  U
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( n5 _* E0 p* G- U

; }% b+ Y! _7 w0 aL: 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: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?: O: E$ K7 X- {7 }
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?% D; ?  {1 s, a

/ m" ?& q! b8 R: jL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?4 R5 j% S. {& x) h; ?' R
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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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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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; N2 v3 n" q/ @. V* h& f. XL: 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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: F1 k& a  B# f( G0 p
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!1 B' F' x( f$ n

& P$ L9 {6 d# o" [' p(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)- f- ?) L' r3 |5 v/ Y, @& T
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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。* e& W9 ~( ~& g* {8 j
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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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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., N+ X  i/ W/ L
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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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6 z2 i+ _' K/ L5 v% I  u  p( qM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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* U. @7 i+ u" C- y3 s9 |7 @; D1 f- pL: 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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% p, y+ ?) c4 [4 e3 P: m& YM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* N9 O0 N3 k* Y& ]  jL: 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 W. G, N( ~& ^" q5 e% S  X

% k' F! U+ z! E2 W% T- ZM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money." r0 i- a" Q7 o
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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./ M. r2 y( C9 g$ ~
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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/ T8 k" G) r& n( O8 J" U+ A$ V: tL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。0 p7 O* ^9 i5 x+ D! I& l

# Y6 W4 q0 O# lM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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3 J& {. }- l2 q: K& mL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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5 |1 S2 X" j+ L/ wM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.7 |* k, N% P5 n5 K$ G) ^
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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。& J0 g4 F4 |) Z1 ~  `) x* u  F

; r- U5 g/ J* t; G/ LMichael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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