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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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  T/ A. t0 F; }( d% R, e$ V6 I( ?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.% D4 c: |; S4 U' o" p$ |
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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?" k) l/ u3 m8 ~5 E# j5 _( [. v

4 D# W' W0 ?3 c" wM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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- n5 f: e6 W) @3 q. kL: 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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8 N+ N( B7 l: G2 k1 GM: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.9 U- n! K9 w0 z4 p1 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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?# r2 I0 |" G0 M  @9 O

$ o5 S: z/ n' ~: bL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?/ c5 U$ Q+ R' q4 y: m+ o/ H' a

$ N" R" D! ]/ v6 l! z" \# |M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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* ~6 Y) S) u7 [' D+ M+ s1 q8 YL: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.6 E. J  Q/ e% }* w3 K$ E; b! R
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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?/ G) |2 s+ g2 k6 A

, z! Y9 K- x) N* yM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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8 f' x" l4 C* i$ m1 ?7 E/ tL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 R( y$ U+ r$ E% o- S  m  I& S

! }, M; n0 \7 t: W* G% [: I(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)4 Z% N; _& x( _5 M* Z" R* j9 P
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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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/ w/ C: X* G0 b# B$ Q9 D0 N+ QM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.' e7 D. U! E! ?3 `7 \" {2 O, u6 h

3 F6 o/ S5 A. ^! J' TL: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。% M& m- o; d& @

, ?9 l; G& r- x  ?M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., @) E( L* T. _  Q( k$ S

4 A$ k  f5 y$ R1 E  iL: 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?8 t5 L5 h1 R7 K. Y
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; z8 i0 u4 L: n/ F3 l

" [  O. P3 M! ^8 B8 D; wL: 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。9 [5 T0 A. z9 h, F

6 T0 v4 }) w) H) R: KM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.+ Y  Z7 T2 Z. |6 @: S' ~' k
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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?, q& L3 B( a1 \: k1 C$ S

1 E7 r' t0 |; dM: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.+ `/ f$ W  z* d4 v7 i

" a: i( m: L9 h0 SM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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1 g9 e7 e* s( K7 _" eL: 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!/ @- X# d$ g( z7 x9 y. _" s

* V% T- m9 D+ s  z5 mL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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& K3 z: d4 q- DM: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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7 c6 B) s" {$ S- `% bL: 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。% I: s5 K; y# l/ o
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