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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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6 |+ `9 Y1 Y) |4 `  zL: 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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9 G% P6 k( h& P0 g- \7 A( d0 ?M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.3 o) j# D1 h+ ^/ M+ o

3 J& Z! }/ N6 U) U: zL: 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?+ M1 m1 }8 K( J! c+ p9 |8 g& Y5 s
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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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0 K! {4 C! u" W7 XL: 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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6 X- L$ J5 e5 b6 y* g+ 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.5 w) T, q2 ~# t" E

( x: ~9 P6 N/ L' O( t# T: i' i! uL: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?7 D$ S9 q/ O) V7 O: Q

1 k% f, o: g# _; o0 Z: O+ kM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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( y$ l  V. _' v( r3 ~* FL: 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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/ J4 m3 E8 z9 {; n+ lM: 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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) i! o3 d) |9 T/ z0 g! M/ b+ U+ CL: 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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 ?% c' v, {& ^( j

/ i$ a; O4 f5 v$ H(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' k0 V  i' A9 m9 G& l
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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。8 O- U- r1 n. I. ^" r

7 N5 C! i3 a- I. S# @; NM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.2 o4 @- I8 D1 c& Y4 _
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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。1 P5 G5 C5 \9 {8 b& Z/ K  ~9 |  \

& @4 x/ @1 x9 ~; T& K1 I- iM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.+ M8 S# R% J2 G8 _: d9 y. b6 i  @
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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?, M% z. o  Q1 f8 {! I: p$ v

1 U6 s0 L! o  }. k& W0 aM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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2 Z6 k* v3 M, o% i, ML: 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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M: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.- F' L% S9 z- n. _% t" p
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?) \& _; M% m  C- J  K# C/ `

! N/ m% |- \$ S' i1 nL: 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!# |: T7 Z/ G5 ]2 @( \3 X+ b
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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.5 B) l/ y6 M) y8 |8 [, Z

3 Z3 J8 g; l: |# |3 \4 P7 Z' BL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。+ P, X  g) v. V1 R$ H

9 T- _0 g* `! s" Z" y% B' `, F9 MMichael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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