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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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; r0 w1 a; n  k4 y6 i1 U4 v2 a7 m3 bL: 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!4 ?1 V+ j& Z: n

: ^2 G. T3 ?# f1 T: J- B, CM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.$ T' U- a3 _0 `7 P2 `5 @. D

9 P; d7 X" A' a( R; H- f6 tL: 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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+ ?+ z! t) j/ e4 E& ?7 }+ J. cM: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。
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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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8 Z$ V; P$ D0 _& m4 JL: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?* y6 @: d/ [$ E+ ]; J/ t
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M: 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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; z6 Y. f3 I, r3 p" p6 vM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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( d! D4 l& `& K5 kL: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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6 ?; M( G# A- J8 I; rM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.% q  _8 s* w* d# N1 e

/ C/ K; ^: C) S2 c! s) F3 e: I/ WL: 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?2 g8 o+ \& V9 W, r% ^
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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9 M0 Y" p" `, t) lL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!0 i* n; r  ?3 r7 [, ]
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位); @" z5 J) o# w/ K! y
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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# u4 g, x: k: w6 ~M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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3 h+ e, y; n% i, h& Z- \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.
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- r* o* O- u9 N- }1 W, D1 ?# Q8 ^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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9 ^: b6 q+ w3 {M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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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" t9 `$ m* Y$ cM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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( b( J/ `& j& W) L5 U, w' U% F4 pL: 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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, S7 Z$ x7 W0 D4 JM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 A5 g4 E* B4 p, q) D' h( @  {, W  ?
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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.! l4 y4 s2 `6 ^

: X4 p- j0 d$ W6 T  f5 MM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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' L) b8 Q: A& \" ^& YL: 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!+ b; @( n4 c* g6 T, b% U5 Y

7 D/ u4 Y' K. }) k6 kL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。/ q1 G6 B9 a2 ]& @+ v; v# T: |: J

7 d( [7 ?0 S" B$ fM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.0 K6 G  w: x5 u0 k8 P. q" d
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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。* k# N. |$ u5 I! x2 j" @4 c9 k3 F. y

/ Y; `5 t# d$ W6 WMichael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。9 E) ~  K% Y$ B$ X
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