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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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5 ^) x$ b& ~4 w" s2 AL: 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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0 l+ v( }: H0 `6 X6 x9 @$ J" q' PM: 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?9 k5 w7 A$ i3 H8 F9 [7 m- h
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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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7 j: b6 j9 R: U& f, ]- E) dM: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.: ~* U+ l" }8 }. f, i9 A
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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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6 G9 U& J* U% d0 bM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?+ K3 Y6 G  D1 b/ W% N

. U$ _/ u& X# F* {+ V, V& @M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' h) m, z$ k  s4 {
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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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" j8 V4 c7 r, U1 q& JM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.8 D! ^( r, `! \' D$ r. |

& q- i' X3 @; s! X+ R' a0 |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?
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( [* {9 X! C6 w- \- ?M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!) J5 l! E* T. o- _! D. s6 B# z
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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% J9 n: h6 M- x6 c, n7 x; W3 O(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)- c) w& D; j" m3 c, `. b! k0 C
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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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9 }% O2 k( r( x( zM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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5 _' R" m& I( n& k/ e$ j6 q/ \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。/ D6 ^8 p$ y  l# b% O# G9 C- y
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money./ A+ g* t7 N( h
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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?) X+ x2 I1 \. l+ {! s

' M. ~+ t1 d6 [( A2 w7 F: `" FM: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。( r  N' j+ u. ]6 \* ~& G1 P

. W. P# V% @7 j% p$ j) ^M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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1 W+ r! ?5 s5 t9 \4 b% tL: 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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' r# Z: E1 V0 u) n3 n. [M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.) t  D8 F3 E% U+ g( e
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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.- d" b5 ~" P. d7 s, x7 f* d% k* q2 N
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# N* U1 |" [5 m  K) j$ K, s  B) Z

2 I- A4 @. U' H. g: u0 u/ cL: 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!! ?2 m9 e) A& {& _& h; i2 L

* \, v% M% b3 t  aL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; s# W! q- s& `: j, j' G- J

  r; v$ S" j- K) C( L5 y/ n6 v8 {M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.- v4 G9 @0 w5 I* G& R  c
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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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- L3 h' I! i% e1 l" y$ ~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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