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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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2 Q7 p9 O) o* yL: 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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0 Q: H& F* i: r: BM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.6 m0 O6 @3 [6 _& I  j

2 }9 G  `% X+ R4 G$ Z( W1 U, {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?& d) J- w1 z' T) f1 L) p4 r

- o9 E7 x. I3 [8 X( F# BM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* ?. _& o1 E+ e7 N) e

3 G3 R( l5 D9 R" lL: 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: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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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?$ r1 i; w! t7 J- A2 Q+ X

; c' \' X6 G1 CM: 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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* [4 d+ Y( J- B( SM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ @% P$ w$ Z2 T

$ X' j4 j( t; _1 T' r5 S* _- xL: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?! i8 m6 C7 y. Z

. ?1 \! K4 ^/ Y2 GM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.6 u6 v+ |3 M- X% Y* j" |3 y

9 }! S, l1 D& XL: 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!* e; z5 ~* K: b  b( }

% k6 [, r0 G7 l) {2 JL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 e& o9 |3 i1 @  m/ U2 N

$ n- f. Q- A0 q5 `$ d8 qL: 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。) g! Y4 y: l' o! A+ _& k2 P" L* z
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.. {' Y. s. {/ [8 Q% Y9 I% H

1 z$ W) {& `5 `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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1 l- u) b2 `1 g5 m! d% {5 pM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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+ v+ ]9 u7 C& ^) P. [7 ]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?# `* g) j+ e4 Q) t) n- `6 b- h$ j

* s. b/ D- ^# }# H8 f2 bM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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$ i' ^7 L+ `1 GL: 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。2 K- @/ \' o5 ]' `. i9 Q

) B: M  O2 s( i4 EM: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?& l$ n/ W  {3 b6 L+ B  b
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.  y6 \# n- d: [  X: d
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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.# N6 \9 i  g7 a' @- Z0 t
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M: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。* {& F1 f% K0 t
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!4 @+ @1 C; l5 {! H3 k/ V2 j! P
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。( g( H: R' [* r1 S, h

2 m( I, z# e7 s. xM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.+ Y7 s# P! a0 V+ _

$ l% }( J3 s& Y7 X" f) q3 X5 p9 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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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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