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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。: R- U4 O# G% `
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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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- j2 O4 n, r* S8 J& ~M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.9 E7 m6 }% o' j% `
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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?
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2 k. b7 H6 K) I8 \M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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! l- Z) i; |- ?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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* ?7 u3 J' D) l1 YM: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.3 m& ]1 s" v/ E6 {3 K& P, F

0 H' S! k/ P- h' L/ o3 w8 N  E( vL: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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* Y; X: o* w+ gM: 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?0 ^8 _) S* c1 m( _5 r$ p; h) m

( K# ?/ Z9 f. c" f" QM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- i1 ^; h8 Y5 c+ z7 k3 `: Y2 @
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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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, k1 a% i1 A8 v1 l+ ^! EM: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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' n# q% ]2 O0 b& Q0 a$ K. KL: 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?0 y, W. S/ F9 L- o. u( P3 Q8 H
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# @& Y3 P3 n. m2 d, f& d+ ~
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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2 O$ m7 e. x! F7 G: a(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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.
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7 l' c6 M  c2 W+ a5 i6 nL: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。4 R2 O2 b6 Z7 g8 ^4 Q3 Q; X

/ V5 s8 L2 a% v1 rM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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+ i% q8 b+ @2 q  bL: 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?! ^  {: c" \/ O- h; v" ]% }
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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) N; S6 P/ T/ l' \7 I2 O( S7 SL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* z- D0 K# i3 Z4 }
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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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 z/ W8 H5 M2 K7 o

+ U! M6 f* n3 Q+ F3 M! e# 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.: q  @- \3 _2 X) R* t8 I$ a
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?3 w/ G  _0 d' |  ]9 c

& h: y0 N7 U- u1 bL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。6 Y' Y* @" A: M. q# u, O2 V; V
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 r0 [) z2 s7 N/ F

7 V* I4 F1 m- i1 oM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.) Z% v' I  A4 d7 }4 M

+ K" H8 H6 T0 \9 i# Y  {L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。* u& F0 P5 n3 T. D
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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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