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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!
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1 e( v7 F, a" A% ?, H$ |M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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7 `& \1 q4 E3 |, o; M; QL: 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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0 K% C6 k) q- c$ b8 Q) c8 wL: 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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! @% y& G: S( e9 O; t8 QM: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.: y/ u5 d  e2 W" o

1 b  ~* n( R/ S) i$ s; nL: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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# ~* L. R3 f: J- [+ jM: 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?& R8 Q2 R& [, b  d& O' d+ ]2 ~
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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7 [! M9 t' ?. E% EL: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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1 V1 v5 M1 p1 \" [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.  u0 r, {0 y5 S6 {2 T) u* U

* e0 `2 Q9 y: [6 bL: 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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) q1 S' Z. I2 y; \- k) PL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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$ K- D2 ^- F8 P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 I3 T+ G' q# r8 b

0 |. \1 r! D5 ?$ ~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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! v* [5 l2 m0 d1 Y$ W( J: a( ZM: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.+ |/ k9 o$ K5 o4 O7 `

# f/ \# V- S: L+ ]! `+ V: l3 P" [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?& c. K+ m, z/ ]% L% D! h& i5 `+ E

: o& D/ q1 u: T) L) {: x* jM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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  G- i) p/ |) RL: 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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7 R) [  e+ o5 j4 z) _4 _M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.. g' |& c( f8 |, g; Q4 w

2 n5 `/ u' k& N* c  fL: 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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1 z4 v3 D6 C) w/ l, yM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money./ ~2 W' p9 \/ K- ?0 F

( T* K- f. Y- S3 ^. mL: 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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' J: e( x; M# R% aM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ u4 f5 R& }3 y2 T2 E% g
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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。: r) [/ K! j( t& V! i8 C0 f0 J
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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  z; n' g8 i: h8 R, QL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。6 b4 e( ]* Q2 Y9 [! R
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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.
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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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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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