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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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6 v& X% v1 B  Q6 V7 eL: 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!$ S# s0 T/ U" [& L9 A7 }3 D0 I: c: k

% H  _) C) `' XM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?( K! B3 W% F: o. A8 Z

2 L% O8 Z' P# hM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.0 v$ v* d4 C# Z. ^! O( ^

& T! ^2 I3 \3 y/ b1 o# zL: 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.
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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?' o* ^( M/ W! s' G& W
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?* a5 e" N+ d5 N$ h/ c
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' L$ g, h0 e" ]0 w5 i4 x
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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?* f7 n/ @0 L2 }& e- x5 Z
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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!2 m6 R; Z0 v" v

  @" N1 R4 @2 [7 Y(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位); g/ R: ~6 _" J: F4 v5 A
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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。
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' j  Y. ^7 b  ZM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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8 `) r5 Z8 H. U9 F$ g3 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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7 w7 ]) U8 @1 ~& p$ dM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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# n, G9 H! h4 Y* N; W5 v. ^2 H; ZL: 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?, z( u: g: S2 z! c' R4 ]- N

& h9 ], q  q0 ~  cM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., P$ b; D* _9 e' W

- t6 a8 G: L" L$ eL: 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。
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! D+ s4 a' S( I, n; D1 n" B& BM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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' d* R* ^' Z9 h( @  n0 }. H0 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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( V9 B, B: k( m3 w

1 O0 @% g5 ^  K5 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.% \- u% x7 j% b2 o: h& H
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M: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。7 Q  Q- [+ ?! Z0 g
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!  E+ S8 o5 U. p3 i! E6 V4 R
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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8 Z: K1 D, H* h) G! oM: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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9 }4 f% y& G3 T5 A, l3 U/ kL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  h" i% ~6 U8 Z
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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。
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