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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。7 w. ?! L# n, `9 _& T+ G4 X8 M

7 S' T- N0 ^3 U7 e: QL: 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!3 A& {8 I& X# }4 V3 I. A3 H; \% r

( q% O) F7 {/ S/ v' U8 g5 A! }M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?
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+ j# b; m- M( Y) H: hM: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。1 e& j0 {$ W; N  W+ o" y
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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.5 o) \1 A# a  X- L" g3 S3 s( c+ p' N4 B
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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?9 }/ d' k! X, N4 \' \7 a5 e
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M: 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?
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+ ^3 B6 O% [' G. ]- p' O! IM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.3 n1 L1 ]' i$ \2 T. N
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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?
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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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5 s" z/ h1 E/ b0 R! [0 A; L+ JM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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" c, ?7 y* k0 _( p& S# mL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)) d; a* |$ \( @3 a- z
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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。
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.& o6 G) s1 i: J! S, `7 V

% b7 e  i: X3 @( _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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* j: T+ F/ z6 z9 s/ GM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.- ~8 B6 F) {( A$ X$ J
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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 x) [4 h- h$ G! t8 N

( Q5 U. A' n. V- w; g5 KL: 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。1 ]; _1 _2 o/ I* U; w
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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?
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; ?4 z/ P0 g% ]M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& ], O" O$ D, ~* t$ l7 x( c

+ T, Z# {& C- J/ IL: 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?! o, \% `* K7 z- m, F! [

$ e3 ?) g8 p% r! \% {( k" 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!% t7 J4 _  O) z
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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。4 T7 a! j2 S% h* A& S

; y1 I# ?# R' d2 s0 k- ~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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