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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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M: 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?( ?( q) O5 b" F$ b- u/ H- k

  K) P4 G  J7 ?3 oM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.8 X1 n4 J7 F' v! l* _

& ]0 j2 r! k7 [; {$ WL: 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。; F/ \5 n9 n6 u5 [1 }
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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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2 M9 g* B3 U0 W4 C3 C7 g$ {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 w2 h) |; k( |+ s2 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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' i& Z5 p1 J0 x0 B' WL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?  y3 F1 J+ A  O  _: E- S

* D  u! c8 M" |5 |2 j4 @! ^M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.( N$ I! r5 h5 P; @1 K. o, X

% |* b6 k& N  N6 kL: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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& h6 }3 G5 g; `" {2 y5 W$ YL: 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?  r4 z8 p. S5 r& j- x

/ s$ X+ H% f2 Q: n2 q5 UM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!- E4 O1 @* M1 X7 A7 N$ P( h. k' u
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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)7 e) b6 M7 H  I) K# o/ ]
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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。
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.& W. @' t/ |( X! j& ]( I) g
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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。9 Q  J& x9 a+ q4 C. C

' g5 F+ X* y1 e: h% C7 j/ u! FM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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9 z3 E0 |4 V) X" R; ?& \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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0 T" M6 |7 k* z8 A& {5 a+ zM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.$ I3 l" h5 k; Q, v3 ^
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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。+ c; w! q' W2 f7 f; ~- g

/ V0 u: l0 ]9 N: c* b% aM: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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; Y) A' v* w' U" X/ X7 ]8 a) cM: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.7 S+ W; E" V6 e9 c+ `
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?0 d  T0 j7 i8 {$ ~

( @; L- D: a1 U( n  _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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  A$ k# s& R0 d8 ]! }. E/ F. t$ u. j: h; bM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!) ?# @: \  G4 T+ A" @

  B5 ]: R: Y3 z( ~5 ?# I, z. j- P' @L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.: G4 I5 A) ~8 W4 R
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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。; T5 ]+ T- [, z% U
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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。
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