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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。4 A2 l  V3 F6 a$ }  `$ H* G
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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games." ?1 H, _; z" F# Z* c

+ I! k# G+ a# `- |  |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?
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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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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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: w9 a) ]! B3 G! pM: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.* G3 G/ _  o. @) O$ S5 P

: ^1 g- `% H8 h3 [- wL: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?4 W* g5 `$ D, j# y- N/ [

. y) p% _. R/ W7 J2 gM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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! \8 O: j  W' q+ |. \) jL: 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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. @  n% I3 j7 m$ G3 g, ?/ TM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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% [9 m4 e: ^4 L- y7 Y; K4 DL: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?) T* e4 P9 Y1 E% o9 l
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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.6 W! a. {( w. M7 T0 ^6 [- Z: c" K
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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?. g) Y1 N4 R2 t+ d

4 U! ]% ~4 Q6 ~, B4 B' n- YM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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+ T8 X$ Q$ g" b5 r" X* ?  EL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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! A0 |2 [3 z6 T(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* w, `( }7 H* |. u7 c6 W. R# u
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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。" b7 }0 x1 d' a8 ~7 x

) E) |( }! S* _9 l7 D1 I8 oM: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。$ r- i$ `: `3 v7 N/ d

7 H  p# V6 v9 Y. y$ WM: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?1 x% b! O4 ?, |! U; i/ v$ q6 Z

( s& {5 n- i: J7 [0 lM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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1 ?1 j8 @" {1 rL: 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。' D  S+ e; b" _& |% {2 O
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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., a4 f8 u9 l4 x6 h7 {( G% j: u4 F

3 Z+ J" l' e- u% z: XL: 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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& |' V. ~/ k+ gM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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8 D" Q4 T1 n" S+ T8 d" H* M! zL: 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!. t3 q7 N( j, z# _0 R9 e4 t: K5 a- W% Q

1 e+ {+ U  q4 I0 OL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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% ~% `8 }/ ^6 ?9 {( y+ k/ b4 ^M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.( e* e* ^& ^# r  d

  f$ Z2 t2 {& r% n+ oL: 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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8 W& s. u( Q$ R8 q# ]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。
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