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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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. m1 V4 P  g8 P1 J+ d% WM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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/ e0 r3 U' X, c5 k2 j% o2 }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?: }6 E7 o6 @0 |% K: w

) F% Z3 _! D' `/ S# h8 fM: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。
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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.  d* d! r4 }" Z' p7 o+ p# D8 ]4 }
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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?* X  R6 `0 h* P9 ]
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" I4 h  C. J! P5 ~; n( d

2 @. h. e8 R4 `2 z# rL: 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.- [3 r' N" ]1 e3 }9 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.
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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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!5 _9 Z8 u/ W9 {4 _; @/ v" ^

* J" z6 f2 @" \% i7 E8 Z5 V' b, E(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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. q6 b$ A; R" f8 W+ z) N  Q! Q* |8 z0 rL: 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。% w) C# B4 k3 |- j
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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.
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, o' O: Z! {2 ?6 o2 v/ s3 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; l3 h! g7 ~7 E$ A

$ G; ?% w; o7 |! x$ u. nL: 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。  V8 k% E  p6 v& d0 t) P
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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" O% p6 e5 l4 z5 oL: 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?2 g9 }( K1 v1 N) U7 T3 _( a
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! p- w$ k. [  i* V
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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.; m  w; r5 A. a6 G4 I0 o5 W

+ \0 R: q% x4 M4 `& B- n* \9 o  RM: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。, k  |* L# C8 C

# V. b% L; m$ M) W) b! BM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( s1 J6 l) `9 U9 w- M

, p+ q. W2 F" U0 A+ RL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。( p3 B$ Q; d4 A& r: D
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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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, n, f1 S9 }8 ?3 ^0 n+ UL: 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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% H- D5 O* l% G6 o7 B7 V5 o  c$ aMichael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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