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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。* Q' v$ {) I! ~. j- K% h6 J9 [' ]0 o

' W' ]8 W# M. v7 ]+ O# `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!5 q/ g9 l0 y  [* ^: T3 l3 y0 y

, G+ P2 w  @# u* lM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.2 J- a# J$ }; q, h; Z: Y7 k9 I( L

; w3 D- _. V' j7 OL: 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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1 j9 T9 ^6 }; C* L$ U6 W7 W9 w  {' XL: 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。. R2 [7 D- t' u# j& ^
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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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6 q, m) i# I! w: HM: 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?
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; \# g* Y0 ^% ]& f2 KM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.# `- Y- E! H  |: L* V

9 U9 {3 U5 _" h+ A" [7 p4 [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?. G! R+ Y7 ]2 I) k8 f
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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.5 t7 J1 S) P$ c; K

  u8 |$ O, K+ R/ [) f# {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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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( W5 J8 {0 m% I% kL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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$ h% t: n5 N' I) A(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.1 v* T, J1 k1 V+ v. C

% S3 x! Y$ q6 VL: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。
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- g- h- D( ~& ~# M/ {9 FM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.. I- V6 a# Z" \1 _+ d

: P) e! P2 Q& f! bL: 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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, {; N0 U4 U7 a- a% i& YM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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: d4 l1 \3 O/ M- M; y& r- ML: 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。
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) |* Z: E3 n2 CM: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?: F6 a0 C  s& M1 U1 {, i7 L& v3 M
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.2 N- t, X0 k5 k7 j

; V( i; m- f& O. {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.8 z6 a" H( h, i2 ~4 z0 z& Z4 n

4 Y" T) c6 V( a' |6 TM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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" h: ?% T6 ~( Q7 d9 X/ tL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。! O, r- d$ {% r0 D# C2 B
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" X" P, }2 U- ^
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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.1 e, z$ i: s4 [9 k
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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。; e% Z& B. J- }* `

, D+ j  g0 _; W& [6 kMichael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。" r3 u( a9 f: S# l% x2 @: D
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