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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。, z: X* A# \! _- N8 @8 l4 D

7 G- B0 n8 r* i" a5 }! G4 ~8 bL: 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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5 h: g. T' e# j* z& ^) W9 xM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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1 p$ E3 F% M% L. d: X, `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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5 U7 ~. D% N, `4 _# A# LM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; G: B. A) r/ w1 ?5 P" D0 J

* j$ t' ~7 {( JL: 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。; u( F6 c9 L' ?0 H# S

, N7 ^! R" G1 BM: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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+ n  V3 c; ^$ ]# y/ |L: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?$ o) @1 }: T: @8 @3 z

9 H2 q" s" x" y0 NM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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! H0 X# q6 d) ?& WL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?" b$ ?4 s; Q3 B
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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$ e9 T: {7 ~" D- ML: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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; c5 W$ n( W+ |8 D5 C0 `3 YM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.! g8 c& E; M9 P; }( [$ V6 k

* `$ D  [$ a7 V7 i- pL: 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 t$ [5 x6 B1 k

# C0 m9 [, r# k6 Z& W+ C/ pM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!/ A% M# ~2 v/ F8 s4 G
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!9 ~2 J8 T& j6 z0 @7 u& w; u! N

; S& [+ V: N" O# \(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)9 [8 n' T0 A, g- ^

' I2 v$ P3 \1 H9 C# }. W7 u5 I8 GL: 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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' _% ^) e$ t5 N7 H$ k8 SM: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。- K2 E0 |( r, w' L- W

. ?7 T* |$ J3 UM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., w- f# A: l; c) j* D

' u% @4 x# }  e) ^0 P7 cL: 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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/ @+ K$ @9 G4 j$ _& A% yM: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。  l$ d7 h- C0 H% J/ J$ {( b4 _

- x! F6 d! j  U0 ^1 j/ {8 pM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.. t8 e1 c8 o3 D6 [# _
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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.. d8 m2 X# \; B' q1 j5 @

) x! H0 h. q/ z% w$ E' w' DL: 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.  |! ^6 g4 _( M! p

& o2 t( G' w/ ]: \* HM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% x. s7 y5 o+ P9 {3 \; X& n

( c0 _; {1 |& b% _6 f: s/ ]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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$ s' ^1 F* n+ A8 X! n0 U8 c  Z* N, YM: 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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7 `1 B- [( o7 k2 l( wM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.9 t) s, ?) ?1 Q7 l6 ]7 A, h$ z9 }+ {

& }5 v1 j3 M! _1 l0 d+ GL: 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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% T/ \" \1 P- D  eMichael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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