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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。# ^. x$ t+ h6 R, {4 M8 }: b
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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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4 \0 W' d8 L9 Y8 K; J2 z- |( P9 tM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., f- V4 |$ j1 n0 [/ r& s, d4 J

& i# X- Q1 s& |6 i2 \/ |1 Z: @L: 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?1 j' W* W  J* V" O: g

' L% }( `* {$ R  K) F" bM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke., O5 ~+ S$ h) k" R
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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。( B9 q% b7 d- j' f+ |6 A
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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.! A5 S1 r5 Z- ?: _8 z. k8 a
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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?  @  {- d: R  W- ^6 X7 `9 r
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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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$ h  `2 M) A& {# aM: 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?) P5 {) |2 y; p7 u0 s  F/ U

9 O$ s; d* [) r% Z. o4 h& k4 ?1 gM: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?
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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!
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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。# G5 i' D+ G9 ~1 p, T4 X
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 J9 F/ T$ h2 J7 t6 k% ]
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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。/ Q& E2 \- V3 `! O; ]
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.9 r" l6 H0 K! o7 P! k4 S5 Q$ d

8 V% Y! q! n, G1 j2 A1 ^- \# U2 qL: 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?& @" x2 A# ^8 E  w* B
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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& F3 {3 B6 T% b5 C( u& W' 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。# y5 X7 U+ M! g% n$ U4 e

/ [! e0 @/ t: F% D$ _M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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4 U% ^; v5 }- J! @$ B+ nL: 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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$ i6 n2 c9 A1 [9 v/ x4 QM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.8 O" W* w& Q: G( G7 [4 T) O

6 N. L2 Z' L3 x# t  zL: 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.7 x  ?1 }: j$ c/ Y) n+ B* D* [

5 X; t; L( `  M  _M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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. I, V) `+ d! u& p7 y% yM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!: P7 v, e1 _- U% Z9 n$ I
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。3 i+ D. j9 L$ K$ _* y

" s) y8 ?' d" l7 O1 xM: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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7 c1 \$ r: b* HL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。
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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。' T/ N3 q$ I9 f# N9 {5 y! |
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