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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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- S' M/ a) ?5 ML: 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!. J% T  n9 X4 t) V
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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., d  V; p! B9 ?7 s3 P; x

8 t1 Z% x0 p3 i8 M- L) l% S+ ]. sL: 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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- d$ X# |& b& R2 RM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.9 X# L  R+ X! e/ p: X
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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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8 j; W) p+ U4 K: x" |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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! o$ l: E! y5 ^' s: j8 L" u1 }

. @! M" w: Z9 B( E# oL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?+ a# Y$ z4 V+ y2 g( {
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.( c- w2 _: C  |! K; Y6 W! [, l
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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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- i/ R$ k3 P: r' nM: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?1 B7 v2 v% ~* F" }
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!. N9 \# J0 x. Y4 F0 o* ~+ O+ `
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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。* L0 w3 d- S3 x! o& k
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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。+ _" e* M! H, `: U/ P7 s0 ^
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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.3 \" i7 v) D9 y6 @* n  u# t
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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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M: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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% o- w9 s, [; W+ O3 L0 h9 e) fM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money., k, \6 W/ E0 T3 z
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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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: F' K) |( E8 D+ w( q; E% q$ \M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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8 P/ M0 X, b2 Z' _% }7 V# pL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。$ h* M3 z% Z: G6 e$ o; B& ^

; g- T; r9 e/ Q4 bM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# G, J, p' M; R7 x  \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。9 |8 P- f. p- o. X) [
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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。8 u+ F( U+ d5 x
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