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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。% m1 g3 p# \1 p

% u) U# U( L# a% I/ oL: 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!" }, F* S7 J" b4 s1 ^

( U9 f3 r3 g) P0 S( rM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.8 s! Y3 Y/ p2 z0 G5 p" r7 k
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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?9 Y# c. \/ |( ]# _$ W
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。: P; R7 H3 @6 H2 C& Y1 q
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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.6 e1 y) r, p) W
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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?: C4 i# G9 O" \
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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4 I! s" D3 N% V% C* B" ?' \L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?( \3 m# j; T8 P" n4 m2 o

. L$ B, \6 v' NM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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- h4 `* v3 w; f: G  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?% J4 }3 b& x1 V' j: Z; T, M

9 g4 o# g% T2 y# IM: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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+ k. J# h+ G; R, RL: 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!
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" o. e: n9 K/ P: |* a9 K) pL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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" X: F! F2 |8 q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)! R9 R5 I  n  V' j# O( B

. [, P, X8 n7 uL: 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。9 a9 X8 }8 B& Q' Q

7 t- n% J. L* OM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 `6 e! D" m  e. T. z5 ?, ?

1 h8 k8 b- }0 m* _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。. P. h4 f1 U2 B8 ~8 S+ G
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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, n0 Y9 `1 X6 V  D7 wL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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0 J' f9 ~$ x( C0 ^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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?6 m& m% Y9 o# R# w. |6 y
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.: K( i  e! e: j) B) J% I8 R$ g
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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.% C( |9 x. e% {! g3 n$ W

& H8 t3 H. s! }, HM: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。$ x- S" R1 H+ c  t

: J$ _$ w- _+ w9 D8 G* `( A1 o, GM: 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。! A) A" C- o; ?* C: c! z

" g3 w1 a% F, p1 wM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.- r- P8 a8 V$ ?, d
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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。5 N) _+ g( O- e* q9 G
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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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