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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。. b! s  m6 H6 v

$ V! A) M8 [: o7 J% L* I. ML: 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.) u9 {% [9 [) w
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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?
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5 ]9 W: O2 @1 I8 `" R8 OM: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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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?4 A2 G% c1 R0 {0 n
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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$ C$ s/ h* t4 U6 g) C% ~4 cL: 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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  ^1 j4 Z1 h- Y8 E5 PM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- y8 p; p0 ]2 N* ^- N- S
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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.' B7 c/ U" Y/ `4 G

# k, W  C: t. U& y; l. [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?9 J" O! H+ p. t0 ^1 l* E' b) g4 c
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!  x3 p* F+ G7 v
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 a) A8 u' C; o. N3 R' I  o3 j' y' T, [
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)) a" B/ K5 `( p4 E0 }4 Z# s

/ |" Z1 N. R, {9 q6 S  y# eL: 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:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% z& q/ V! Z* e0 F
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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。  g6 X' Y5 m+ [  e0 c) B

( i, `0 \5 k, Z! p( z0 I8 EM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.1 _' ]: h8 G& B: X

9 t1 F; f$ ~0 ^  q& g% @4 mL: 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?6 D& T7 P, Y, [& z. G

, ?0 |6 V: @& O  TM: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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, Q7 P' ?& S% x8 ]" m$ ]M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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! _% {$ F! B) s  C: c- V# sL: 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?/ G7 l$ ?0 i& ~
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.6 O4 d% R- Q; l) H
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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.6 Y( r8 j( M) p) F. z" T: C2 C( e

7 I3 d+ W7 m, {' O/ y$ wM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?9 H! `/ t5 U: H  w; Y

/ g% f& B( W) ?9 \1 gL: 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!: u# [% z) F2 B; Y3 p
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: u1 T) Y. K8 N) Z6 L2 r
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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.  Y: ^. G) \/ u$ x1 A* A* `* K3 H
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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。
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2 A( p" W- S& f, XMichael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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