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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。
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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!/ Z7 U" p. K/ r2 D" e2 _1 T8 L. Z

) A4 {5 _7 k; C4 ]( U9 Q9 _& cM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.9 N3 Q% t: Z7 x, ]' 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?7 c+ Y# K( P( v

# \' `" J" j; h6 a& QM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.2 \. t8 p+ r/ v( _

% U$ o" W/ t$ l- 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。
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  M) e% P2 Z% P5 P9 S7 K: }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.
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( U5 L% R- _6 @( Z3 B0 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?( }+ S1 f# d# [& a

- p5 [7 N5 G# ~+ r- dM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ y- e% l/ D8 o6 T

) k/ g5 j, L1 f7 _( Z/ ZL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?
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% P# ?  D% Y8 A! S# R& OM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- z  y8 H- H9 p2 F; U' c1 A# ^

' H1 w* f. |( QL: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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$ \( D! ]7 ~4 ?. Z1 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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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?4 z' @( A; `2 @2 _8 C  Z* w$ n; u
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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( s  E- ?* j1 v+ E6 E0 `L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!7 ~1 ~8 ~3 ^! ~$ ]1 j
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)7 Y1 `0 a  X( f  _- B6 g& S

$ n2 M! Z4 l" C6 L' FL: 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。4 E+ s* S1 j" w6 e

, C1 {7 t8 U1 v8 L( o) y5 a1 NM: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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, D6 x0 X! g: W1 X- F8 G2 G2 ~M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?, n$ m/ d. w$ Y# Y, {- A1 v7 \
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; A+ O/ y! g! ?; c" ]3 h+ P

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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?0 u0 ]( _( m/ Y0 b9 `- x+ r
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 p* I( {' t" i# y
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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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% k0 V* u. ^7 X% A2 }: \
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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。7 G+ ^5 i  m6 q: W8 }7 s
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# j) p- H  s: q! Y1 H  ]0 M; nL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。) a  G! l+ I, G% N5 c9 m9 j

/ q9 c! F  Z/ D- Q! DM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.! Y% }1 [9 W- X3 F1 W& o% t* l( G

' k% P+ t4 a  F4 G0 O9 E2 dL: 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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: G4 T( F( d! z# i' S9 dMichael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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