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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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0 F2 z  V& j/ ]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!: l$ e! t5 m2 Z" u

5 l7 z/ C* Y* \* u6 Q% q" @M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games./ ]0 f1 s+ C' P7 n  m& ?: {4 ?# y5 k

4 E0 o2 [/ U- B& T# U8 x( [' `( aL: 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?0 o9 U% m1 w. K7 q8 w

1 G4 ]3 \) `1 s, ~  e) u, w! ^: }: v0 ^M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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& Y7 d! L8 r, V; h, GL: 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?
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+ L8 [  X* f+ q- h$ aM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?0 o3 L1 M& a# K. K5 v

) S4 C. d0 W: j: H. OL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ V' u: c. [2 p9 u. j3 W

3 }4 r( f' ~2 o" Y1 rM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ J: q# ?4 L- V5 G, L3 ?' h

7 ?* l# s/ P- z# x' pL: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?: o2 }/ Y) y# E! S0 m$ @0 D

2 y# K4 x7 t) T9 C6 BM: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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+ X2 i2 b+ G/ m4 j4 V1 x) |, n& GL: 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?6 U5 ?3 r+ R4 A5 q, p. J! l

; `! f4 i9 G4 w1 ?2 hM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!( G) u0 T# l: P3 b! K

$ A) ^  n- l6 h$ G8 G( G# zL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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+ a; E$ t% A7 I/ b) g(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)  H5 O0 V! ^  ~

% K: z, M$ J( G" g1 i& N" pL: 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。8 Q$ z* g9 h. b; o8 E, f5 `+ o( Q

8 D& J; a$ o4 o2 {# y, m: v% \M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all., l1 L: S$ |& r) D

4 b, n, ]' Q9 ^: `. IL: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。: r2 E, A6 @5 s

. K) H+ j3 \4 ]# TM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.7 |! ~" D$ n% p4 _# I
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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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/ a0 w9 M5 G6 ]M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level./ y9 L  T) \* m4 d0 c
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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。4 W6 T) n* j5 h7 s4 ~7 j- G# y
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.  ]1 Y7 @" `, N7 A* J8 ~, D# ?1 R
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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?) l: L8 `: G# P+ Y4 _5 o3 [8 X

! `6 S+ H% R% @5 NM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.- e: X2 |( B) L/ l
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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.+ l* Q. u& w- d- N0 z4 F

- _. k3 l; O% |1 m5 n- r( E, _M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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4 K1 q' \$ y0 D8 M* j1 PL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。$ R7 a& H$ }3 D+ S0 {

# k, B5 [1 J, Q- m6 LM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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* a8 b8 ]) A, i+ c! z) EL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。# D* H- V8 [9 @' m. d* V

# Z# \8 `, @% i" H$ b( _9 ?M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.* Y7 ^- X9 @% L1 R/ L* ?3 t3 Z

0 W/ s' E2 y* \* L# FL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。2 h0 r/ }% P- a! ~6 P. s; m# F
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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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