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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。6 L! p9 \2 V) _5 ~* Z

7 `: I# o" z# c4 n% ?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., T0 n8 ?6 E) S. r) Q$ P, \8 q

3 o, v. W$ _/ q, ?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?. U9 E( u' l. ?9 M- m

6 Y$ @/ g/ _' f; P+ h8 j0 FM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke./ C( d. J: `8 C5 Z( L/ K- z* D) e
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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。8 @, X3 h* J3 C

9 i+ \9 C' m( L$ z1 w* Z6 C' r' 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?; [/ n6 }  b* B: A

0 o+ t5 ^0 a% p/ dM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! ^, i; o1 l  ~5 [0 H
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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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" _6 R% I; [9 h, s' R0 GM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) [0 W) h, j0 `" |
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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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, }9 n; |- `1 q/ ]; y6 }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.
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- k3 o# l% Q0 B/ p, v8 N; jL: 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?( q! z. Q' F, i  P  h8 x+ q

* U$ ~% k" }* e& L  f. @M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!7 m" W/ ?, z6 _& ]4 e

  T. v# P# R% ?4 g3 Q5 I  a, cL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(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。+ F* E% P0 G7 ?5 w! i
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.# q& U5 L% a' A  f3 u# C& F

- Q" ]0 F6 Q. b* zL: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。0 l1 @5 q: x3 |( V+ |

# n! [9 N  ^8 C8 {M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.6 B- u8 ]( }8 _+ x: `

' _5 @& \5 H. i7 k. JL: 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?/ f& T* c7 K" D6 x  V% f* W9 k1 _

- o& t/ T, X# b4 qM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 H4 p1 j$ u$ Y7 U0 G, V: w' c

0 V! M/ ^$ q* S( x9 GL: 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。1 q0 u) a$ o* J" k% X+ W

4 W5 X4 ^' c  x, Z' \, yM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.+ Y, `# r; a% W0 Q
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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?6 J+ G% I/ R7 A  U
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! n1 Q+ }% n5 {! y6 ?
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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.
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+ d, k2 C" ^" |6 l- U7 ?* p. dM: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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!+ \8 W( q6 T  R

( C) j2 R+ N2 J; D; BL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。* Y! n; B/ t: D1 b- 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.$ S6 Q$ P8 W+ R2 U
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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。4 n8 B7 _) N) y" E0 b' w+ x1 `

/ L# G$ d* @) c* GMichael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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