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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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0 M" u: W( b5 T! T6 r1 R- }/ FL: 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.; t5 T! J% h' n; y: t8 ]2 n
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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?& `% G: D( \' k* k0 }- q' M
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; P4 _4 L' C: ^+ u5 R, p# Z: E
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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。0 |. U' E% k6 M- |

* y& u$ b* Y3 J5 tM: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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7 q1 l/ x3 A  X+ _' f. w1 E! LL: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?: @/ D4 Z# p8 q# I1 M7 [" V

% M* x5 y' J5 ^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?( W$ j# L) z9 r+ z

* Y, Y) Y4 a$ ]4 k6 Y  n$ yM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.# x' g0 j) U. }8 B1 g+ O$ K- q
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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?& q! R- n+ D2 w% F( |+ h5 r! q/ {

5 S' \7 u6 T9 o4 D% qM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.4 m' l+ Y) m+ G' p1 u
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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?6 _) L* ?. d) r
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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; q' \9 Q/ f7 a/ P# n6 C8 ^: C/ }6 NL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)+ W: B  d, z7 X3 \6 V! x+ N1 V

7 ~+ ?$ \- i4 T. K- pL: 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。* V! @0 Q. B4 I& s  g

8 E$ _" t2 i' N0 j' e6 pM: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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" p* ]4 u8 ?- y& K; b$ `M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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$ s/ ?: m* g' f( {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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( b2 E* T6 D3 pM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。/ N1 u3 u" G, _

% X: i) H% s: W2 UM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.$ k" l+ }8 ]2 T6 d6 N8 j

" H, N4 v' m9 |1 f/ I$ LL: 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?! d+ S$ o) a$ V
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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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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.
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" z0 r; s* X& o7 ~; U) |; uM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?: M6 G% t* k+ E  j0 r8 j
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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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9 ~6 N& D5 I/ m" r% x  M) TM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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" ^' e, K& c7 g3 V, rL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。  ~' V2 x; U! o) ?  S" C  T
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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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L: 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。* Z4 X# K. Z7 K2 e1 V3 I
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