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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!! S6 f" ]) p2 N, {& d0 l; E9 g
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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.9 v5 a. x$ a- T/ A  H

" ?; {* E- K  O1 _0 @) ?4 l8 ^5 WL: 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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) e( _* z) ]4 a) o/ m" D" WM: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.* I7 j& _0 B  \4 S7 t
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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?' t9 u! i" G/ n+ p9 q6 v& R9 [2 u

9 H1 t6 {  C7 j+ L0 FM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 ?" e1 Z& F- J' D+ X1 W
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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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7 Z) ~' x+ \9 k2 y% h& Y5 A% YM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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, v& v5 v, _- @4 H& VL: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?- T4 @  x) y# t5 i) D
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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.4 w9 i6 G2 T' M

$ F' o, }* t, h* o0 D$ [: cL: 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?3 o: e% |$ K3 Q' W* v
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. s) \  ~9 [$ p$ o$ q
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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  s" u: }" @* ](Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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.' c6 C0 K" K5 |

* z6 D9 j0 T. l; 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。; g* l( V) q9 a6 @# P' `  Y
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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?: M# ]& b4 E3 g1 u! ^
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.$ t+ o8 z6 @( {2 B* L

8 G% E0 z% q) M* a4 K0 qL: 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。7 d; U' K+ r5 `4 w

1 c- d# F8 a) ]6 O1 }! nM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ a, m7 W$ C$ e# l9 e
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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.' z4 J5 @3 k+ @+ x( J

0 z: n, T( c# z- j% L% A  HL: 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.1 H/ D6 W# z! h1 J  l4 @2 e

7 b$ Q) m8 z3 z( uM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?' e9 V9 j7 v3 Q  b; l7 S1 J+ R

% _! }6 a! R" q- ML: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。1 D/ g% L3 w0 h. Q
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!+ |# y& K9 K* P, D

4 y7 z4 w0 n2 d+ {4 q% ]L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。, q3 @: S; H2 n& f& ]! a* X: {
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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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( Y# s8 G, o3 }: x+ ~. nL: 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。! d3 w' `- _& ^* Z4 y
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