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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!6 H5 O8 A0 M( ?, T- X3 O2 U

  s  j+ S# L1 z. WM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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- U% M/ u. P; e" o1 f: `) g) cL: 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 }* J$ {- uM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.' ~5 u) b$ d- ]9 \& Z6 f

6 i0 ?& p7 O4 C7 TL: 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。3 ^; P1 p( }) P1 s4 j6 _2 {7 N; x
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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?" r$ ]% l" |2 \: ~3 f4 ^

- o  M7 O' T8 K  A4 [% F1 IM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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0 S4 w$ I- L& eL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?  P! j0 U3 U  d; x
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M: 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?; p  T  {3 [, Y& |) ^- P+ Z

; o3 A. _' y9 A7 ~5 o& _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.* R/ j- ~7 _  u7 K6 s

# k5 p. X3 j' ~6 v1 eL: 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( P' E+ w8 P3 i
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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, D8 [2 F, z" _* l8 |L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)0 F8 l" h. p- F7 l( [& d$ j

7 C7 q! b' [" b- lL: 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.% j- a" T0 z/ i1 ?$ N" U

. b/ c- |, f9 Z9 N- uL: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。, ~+ |: I  H. J% @

: f/ f8 P1 ]7 c9 P  OM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.) p/ r5 A( S* P% A, l7 F
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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?* J7 G9 q+ U! z( m" d7 d

' n3 |& ~( a' `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。% C4 s4 E- c+ c, C$ R* V

4 T; C7 }" x  X( v1 i, j3 {M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.% T6 O' o$ X$ y% q1 N. a
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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?- ?  B- H+ n, L7 O% h
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# `" r; x9 z; f# I
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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。8 J/ ?" `+ P$ m' t: {% O; x
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!- H! v2 f+ f( O6 h

2 c) U7 O* A) E& t2 X- OL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! P) o( Z5 c0 s
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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.
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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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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。/ z" s7 N. ]' E
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