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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。; K) z- r$ C/ Q/ G+ z' w/ c4 v

# l" o! _& Z8 k  L. Y1 GL: 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!; }: n1 A; d2 _9 Z
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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.3 v5 y) ^& Q3 L7 L1 p) u. Y( l

4 L0 x0 ]4 p. ?) I" \- TL: 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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! t& A6 |: s) F3 H. DM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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% l9 v, s! B/ |1 [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。; U9 {) N7 a! s& e/ f. Z3 V  F
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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.% P0 W0 b7 E( T8 }& ^  Q" S0 i% D% m# i

5 H; h( z5 `0 L  d3 z. {* 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?( ~) i  {/ b  b% a! w& n4 `

5 m- v+ ?/ V9 n2 O  ~8 ~; yM: 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?! c' f% \) R7 p0 \- K

; V( O/ ]( M$ P' X# P0 zM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.7 Y% d& j: Z. U3 y2 d; `
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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?5 ~' v6 S1 `: {8 ~
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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.* h- H0 S, c, x( K$ o! {6 E9 Q

& ]( Z8 t+ m  Z1 g) hL: 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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/ G2 d- s  l6 wM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. f- j6 G; Z; G5 L! @+ V/ W3 ^

( h1 p4 I3 x5 b( k) {L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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. C1 F# b- S+ d) W  e(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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! w4 y& g% b$ f  \2 ~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。* o8 D9 G2 z* t9 Q0 H" f

5 p% _1 r% R" X7 A/ u  OM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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: E; ~2 l( J" wL: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.3 L3 B( A% E" s6 m* ?7 Q
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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?. ~% q5 @8 s8 @* [) b! {1 [6 A7 `& \
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 \! F! U* ?! b# O

, k/ n7 T5 F- p0 Y/ GL: 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.: k4 M. g3 k" c4 A* l5 v! b0 G

( [4 V$ D( C+ B$ b" yL: 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.$ f4 m, [4 f; F; r1 ?

) z$ ~" [9 M4 I$ u9 ^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.0 w7 k; O/ k* t9 L- Y

' O; a! l5 L- L' l* o) }( L4 zM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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  c/ K" w' b) \+ dL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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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- O9 m2 _- N) cL: 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。/ a( ^/ g5 [: [' e9 i* b( c. |0 s
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