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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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% P7 ]+ p1 Z- N4 |1 nL: 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!" q8 {5 n; d+ z3 H( y
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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.
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  y4 F/ L- K9 ?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?. Q4 J0 K  E9 x, A; [3 z: }& z
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.' }/ r7 w/ O# c  l" p

; t6 z5 O+ \  j3 OL: 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。* @8 S" D1 z/ L. g' h% P, D( M
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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.
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& D5 _+ F: {7 m$ |% O/ i, aL: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?
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9 {% E, Y' I( r% F/ dM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?' Q% Y% F; s7 o$ U$ [6 B5 W6 g
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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?. o* Q( p  t2 D% I2 R- Q0 I

, v( \: C* q1 i* I0 fM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.7 {6 r9 e$ X1 \4 i. }

" A/ b3 I0 j# P9 {5 y; r2 S0 uL: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?$ r9 s, c) n# N
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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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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( V6 d  Q$ q: z8 P% O( b(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)% }4 H6 f" c$ J
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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.
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, T( }0 F+ L1 d1 m" nL: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.% [+ Q- C& [# b1 l: d' R

8 P* H8 c5 O8 n$ Y, f1 zL: 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?3 G; W% x1 k/ R
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M: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。+ o- `: D# P, v2 ^  D. G3 [* w$ H
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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. x! N2 u' Z1 k. m) n: H7 G# qL: 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?. T: c5 U4 |! }- m4 O% 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.
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1 T' h/ U! h+ X2 Z) 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.* y1 i0 W" J0 |2 @' O2 x) r! {

. [  M) A! p9 n5 ?$ H# N, TM: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。% v) B: \# z8 _( e7 T  J
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# o! _, k; o/ n) E( a) Z3 c

  z* ]( \4 x& C. LL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。. a9 A2 |! ^2 l$ r9 Y
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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.4 h2 t3 p3 X5 F6 z9 f3 s) W

" X0 h8 f; l8 {+ N! NL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。, p- K, J# f& c, A) X! t$ N! j

6 x6 d- L2 ^$ l& J4 yMichael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。6 _7 a" H4 Q* T( \7 C2 L* f( j) X
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