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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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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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. p! E6 @- A5 S" LM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?# q9 e$ A! j3 c

2 ~5 }$ o) k0 L6 F  HM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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9 y  U9 n+ X* W* N5 RL: 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 a7 C8 K8 V7 ]3 C8 SM: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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7 r9 [5 v# Y  @( X5 x( TL: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?3 a, M2 F; e  o' s9 n8 Y

3 o! q( r/ ~3 C& ?6 `M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?9 e2 F5 L( T, `% N- g1 C  U
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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" O  C) N  m% i' zL: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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+ J: }7 N, T5 C; ?$ iL: 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?* P( G" f' B+ R! N/ n/ q

- E# k' ?+ A. A# c3 t  p, i0 ?/ WM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!+ E% U4 E7 K. }5 z4 g

7 ?$ N+ E# ^% b4 A. u: [L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* v2 K. u/ Q( `0 P2 I- Q
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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。6 v2 ]- U* N* Q) z2 K0 _6 J6 g
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all., X. _, f' S# K8 A6 z
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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。& l8 S$ [% D) r2 b" i0 q
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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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8 b) `# V1 \! K. x! ^2 B# WM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) y2 L8 W: W  c+ W: T+ t

5 S$ v8 |2 N% x$ l  jL: 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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* @& v- _9 c. j! ~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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* K3 ]" |' A8 a$ E, \, PM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.% z1 J" u' \! t( j
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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.$ T  Q6 d) C! j
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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7 m  T- c3 {& kL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。& ^, C& B4 M; e  E2 b
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。, i+ W$ h# {0 U* x/ j* H. E

" x9 \; Y9 z5 IM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.# y, ?3 J+ i0 w: l! @: u

( b7 e& Q# W0 h" [4 wL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。, ^# u! P- i; i) \

) @& A7 k- z1 j9 q4 ^8 \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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