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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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) a: H5 }2 U3 @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!( {7 g, o5 G8 ], r% p

6 t  e" p3 N( }* iM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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; [8 d6 e2 C% H7 p$ SL: 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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+ ^! Q8 S. u* n: B/ |M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; y$ @- j1 b6 f, }* \  q, i& }: V! r
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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。9 T& V3 V/ v5 ?- h; W
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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.7 }* z$ X5 L8 @" E% A* m. e# C

# _- c8 q' ~& gL: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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?5 z; S) M+ g. ]8 J
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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." X$ ^* x  D4 I+ _2 O) I

) E! [7 ^2 ^& q( N$ 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?9 t9 X: ]% P6 _7 M. F

5 w; n+ e+ G" n2 R3 rM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.% _$ r6 h5 a2 Q8 r: k! V' G/ b+ d
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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!" T1 t6 P1 B& w7 t* j  W$ p
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L: 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# d1 p2 x% BL: 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。# l0 N) Y7 g* d6 c8 D! L# k. H2 M

/ L6 a" O! F0 V: N* D0 dM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* |7 g' Q) F0 F& X& Z1 m. v4 H

( ]( v9 O7 ?9 n" E* e; v. jL: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。* W6 K3 `7 W) V& ?" ^5 R7 d+ j( s

( r# E( ?% @! G0 [$ AM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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$ L+ W8 ^% e: qL: 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。) q# c" R/ e( N) p$ ~
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.# m. W$ y% `, P. C  z

5 x" o9 H/ }8 K# ~: R9 Z/ `& e# uL: 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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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4 k9 w7 m: k' ?) i3 _+ ~0 ^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.7 s/ @; y1 Q. J6 G% q

, j. i' {, ~% i3 l9 XM: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。. W' N/ ?7 G3 y1 T" }3 z
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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& B% ?; M# V# A# U/ Z; d* I' KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.5 Z- D) k7 ^# _- t/ B* e
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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。+ l2 }+ s0 f+ y
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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。1 u# \5 D$ w8 U( q( Z8 c" H
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