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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。: m9 V) p+ |) \/ d
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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!9 A# q* ~; c5 @- P6 W
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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.1 Y$ [0 T+ H* I
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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?7 y5 e! D# Q: z% T! U4 @# b
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.0 o3 x' {0 k" K: c

0 c  f4 r1 B" q. Z# bL: 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 v% n/ y0 \3 o, }

5 e; N- P- E8 f; VM: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.- Q. c9 F% ]5 j# A2 B; c1 t

, {5 z0 R! ?' a% C" HL: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?1 C$ o) J, ]9 \2 E8 [% P; q5 b

6 s8 v* A$ Z* ]M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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' o2 N  S& p  F- w! [L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?; a( k4 j# D% e  \% n2 g  [
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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3 H  N. j2 s. k( t+ o1 dL: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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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!6 w) }/ S' ?: D: O( E
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!% r0 ]2 B* [. j+ ^' E3 b9 g. X

( A7 S) U9 H% J6 j7 V9 x(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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4 w5 }: C! ?9 ^0 SL: 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。7 [8 N( ?" s( p  S2 \& ^
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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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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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.% j/ a  P- W! x2 S6 `% H

2 p  v  K$ r9 l, t7 T  `9 p$ X$ HL: 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?* i% _- `) O7 U

' U4 I2 K: a$ j8 S0 y& G0 i  b/ CM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.6 D, O9 a8 ~' M1 V  z

; J6 p& q5 b+ l! B- XL: 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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: ~5 |8 B7 B8 K- d' H9 J! RM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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( q# F4 A* e  k1 M: r$ wL: 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.' W% G  a" l* Y5 L/ \$ Z% E
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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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, a! L& H) K( F3 K- f5 m# uM: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。  m" L% B* B( H( U* 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。
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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。
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