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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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  Q! n* Q. F9 T( f* ^  hL: 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!) Q  n9 g+ f4 t2 \" c; Z

) V- d7 a. q4 a( T$ R) |3 IM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.* O% G  F  U1 H9 B9 J

+ ~9 P& n2 z5 p6 T/ _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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3 e7 c; u7 p4 j3 z: m* u: OM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.! u) y* G( l% x

8 O( f3 z) F# [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。7 e+ `3 g5 j0 {% J0 ?" L; ]

2 R9 @; D0 w, `# x# C2 }/ IM: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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  Z1 L8 Y' e* W' PM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 c$ x6 h( L, p
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' b8 W7 X" p" s1 F2 Z! T$ C! a6 K4 p

2 Q. r" e+ U$ x+ N+ r% G( o* VL: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?' K6 [$ @8 o) j3 x3 A

9 ?# G9 l/ I! a" S. z, y* k( HM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.: c% o! }9 I0 p  H6 N1 Q7 f# i0 ^
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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?) J% ]% a+ k1 J: L- k* F
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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0 U$ H+ k0 N3 S9 F(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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0 Y0 A8 e0 @8 ]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 Y" P4 N' ^/ n5 P- b1 h6 L

" [- q. P+ u0 ~" H/ k2 d' QL: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.' c  n: D. D" U: @- ~- G0 L( J
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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?
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! `+ G! C+ ~+ u7 ~M: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。+ W: v5 O) j: e+ C) f5 q
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.0 R+ Q' K5 [# N5 d
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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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" ^5 S: N  H% y2 y  V, 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.. X! y; E8 s& a( E+ t6 M

. P+ U  M3 e  |+ ]M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( T. B. [" _; ]$ c/ v8 P# x

# K. ^1 Y% D6 a+ `% ~L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。7 V1 p: U) W" G# |" @8 t6 z
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!- M& N) Y6 H- t4 G! \7 B
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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( Z% k( |9 i& I( Z/ BM: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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! a, v3 \5 ^& U% L+ }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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" _5 [3 ?$ O6 sMichael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。) v+ Q' Y: d) E$ a
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