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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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2 v# k$ H: v+ ?+ m% t2 fM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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; B- w- U( a& M) u* H1 _$ gL: 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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& y% |* \9 j$ G+ I' a9 CM: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。* X8 G7 Q6 x, @; n2 n

2 U. p% y( z/ V# J3 XM: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.. _" w! f" R+ C: o! Y7 y

, i9 [, m# x6 q! Z& C* WL: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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5 Z+ G0 b  f) X: E4 U4 CM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 C+ k+ {( w4 N; ^/ c

; f" a9 m8 R' {  e6 A; Z; [7 j& iL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; p3 w) a8 X( Y- C4 E

1 k: ]) ^9 P! c! |! i  cM: 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?
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5 Y: D" S! s0 }" D; Q: [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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$ ^1 I" }1 W; X6 u% {# GL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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' N- X0 r' V8 ~) t(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' B5 e% h+ W3 X
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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.4 Q* ~2 u. S+ K: U
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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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1 U5 @& u6 ]& C0 e5 u: I3 o' e& uM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; ]4 i4 j7 s$ q( _1 x' C
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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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0 }: \, y, l! I4 Q( AM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 j8 R# I* F8 S" l7 w

! d# A" a5 }( b) ZL: 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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2 N( O6 J9 g) t; X& |: H* kM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?+ w7 Y, t( O3 ~: `' I" D

) b& ]! D4 E* _7 c4 ^# J! |M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.: W3 E' M7 i; Q* q. M4 f& I5 i

! v5 ~, a$ F" m' FL: 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.$ O, O6 }/ P5 {3 j4 j. ]
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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# X2 E$ x  f/ I7 R; @, |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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, j  q! r( G7 a9 rM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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' {% k6 w6 L" ^, ~% c$ [: ^( UL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。' O* J' ?+ M/ Y2 E5 Y5 ]' E

+ Y: N4 C7 \; ^0 f, y6 DM: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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/ d7 k1 h; I9 d' V% R" y2 mL: 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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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。, f) o1 P4 ~* C" O/ B& o
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