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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!# J* Z# M$ o; O8 i, \6 K" l

! s, p% g/ M9 v& W/ q/ H3 OM: 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?
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: e$ r- C: i$ P# P! ?" YM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) Y$ }) q5 ], L+ n" u* T; G
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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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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.$ R* {2 Z1 ~! W

* ]8 t3 V5 j8 W+ P0 gL: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?- r" ~4 K) N- R0 g) y

* x$ p2 \, [9 B- e; J7 SM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 z" k8 x# t. E4 q* B+ `

$ A- x7 d9 \% o- q; rL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?3 k1 }  Y/ G% f6 `2 \  ?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.  o, W7 i5 b" }8 L
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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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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., p; A2 E/ `$ E2 S' B  E/ C
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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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 `. G) h4 i  e  K2 B! ~2 ?$ |6 D

9 q5 P2 Y, J% p/ U. W8 M5 LL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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# t7 n5 X" y# N) C# h(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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, p4 ?& |4 r/ `' AL: 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。; @' P# S8 d. r4 R  y
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; e- u+ t, k1 n4 I

* l; ~: o0 }) s! S- ?& b! o, PL: 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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" u+ V3 F1 H* l* ^/ W0 lM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 t/ W3 j4 F# b8 B  G; M* L

/ P1 p+ F3 R2 dL: 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。8 c9 M; {* T" V# J$ z
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.( a+ S2 {  P2 f) J- r1 d/ H
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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.% s- u. m- V1 M8 s8 D8 Q/ ~# O

/ |( ^$ q3 d6 S  P2 A; Y3 l" yL: 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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。1 {2 Y" [5 O# \& ]2 E

1 H4 Y  Z( J5 Z" j& J6 R. \; |M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!$ v) N2 f# `! C% m% I$ _- z

; p* _. q5 H- P  e+ y. N; E3 Z- f" ^L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。4 F$ e+ K/ q  X4 ?# H9 f3 l* W
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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.' p3 s! N- t; Z. |+ K+ r+ H
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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。" N- c. h8 m* \7 _
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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。+ a  |: w! o3 u% C, E& G
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