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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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.3 Z( p/ @  ~+ V: K7 M( T; Z  b" u

: L$ \4 O1 s% W% XL: 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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( C* A* x5 J( |# P- N+ bM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。% {2 m; Z9 B1 j

% l: L7 F) H) N$ ^- U9 M/ [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.
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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?" ~1 w3 }* z6 Y3 c+ K- O& X/ ^9 G
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 a: U' P+ n/ m1 ^, @% F' L
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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.
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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?6 w0 L/ C$ c; H0 m. O% j

6 O: Q4 b7 R4 q! j% x! UM: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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! M6 G( `! u" B  t" H' `1 _/ FL: 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?: f9 ?  T; U4 h. U7 d; s

# ]* r6 Q" V; d- yM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!! x9 Z& R4 K3 U
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!- x4 e6 m+ Q& g  `
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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& j/ `6 o. @9 ^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。! T1 e5 m7 {+ Y& q' s: q

' p2 \- t! H, @3 M8 W+ I: E' CM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% k% s- S9 B6 s- r$ e

$ w) Q: c5 }* c( [( _7 J8 Y: _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。$ z! D/ w; W) H& ]: p4 k

3 w4 @" z5 `0 m$ k2 J3 ^: a: \M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.5 Y0 ?9 O) |7 o; w
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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?# q, S* b; Q  O8 R# @" B
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., U# X% y, a7 X. E$ Q
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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。0 c' ~4 y8 u2 ^# D7 F- j& z# n! c
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.8 K  [- `( P  S# I+ y7 n
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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?! n5 P) m5 {% g% m/ W  A( o

! x, X3 O8 Q8 B, a! JM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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1 L, q' b2 V: e2 I* jL: 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?' f  F/ A% a' G' E! z% y
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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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6 X8 V$ f& e4 _$ Y5 `$ V' |M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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) L/ y( {  [; C. K# f. oL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。7 d/ ]7 R8 h* ^( _# ^
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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., @7 ^! x; j! G$ G
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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。. [; d5 @' \  j" ]

6 R( P7 j0 O' F/ B% Y  c. n% a3 b3 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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