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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。0 b. \+ S& e8 t3 U
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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!7 U1 t/ F0 V4 I3 S$ I4 }* t" d

2 ^9 e6 u" T, L# oM: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 F% s8 L) ^. x8 M( P$ @" n
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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。# O$ u( }' X6 ?1 }
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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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$ C- A8 ]8 X% M- s; x* p/ ^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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- d: D: `' q/ k7 a: j
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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?: J7 R5 h4 ]) f8 @7 w" i' y
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! Y. |: m9 r8 V0 Z. H' E! [3 @

# A1 u2 Y; v" k' O, ?8 a% vL: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?+ k) F$ g4 v% F' a% {

5 O- k3 g# E$ [3 T6 kM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway." S1 d6 O2 @* x6 j) |$ w
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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!+ p# B; J  P0 v  e: T! L" s$ O
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!1 y: `% x7 @- @, s: B4 Z; Z1 X6 `

+ v- c* g( O) w7 S4 R" W(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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.5 }% b+ z6 n/ x2 n% t! G
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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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% t6 W; G. ?3 k3 w; \4 cM: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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 b+ x( y) S, x& o* h3 K
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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。  C( c1 P% |. }

/ ?, q* j, A( HM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! }- O1 c, m8 G8 L9 @7 ~! C
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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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' W7 u6 Q$ l5 u. E2 E% T0 H* K# iM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.  t1 s5 s6 X, M! u1 H- g

) m$ J: W+ P: h; h0 x/ nL: 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?
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* U3 t& |! V; G& y% BL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。  v' L, n% ?, L: r
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# U* q4 H) X0 [- k# b* G7 {6 O/ {L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! ^# K( t2 e' z. A- Q0 L
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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.) N% s& x8 o6 }( g2 s
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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。6 P# \# u/ _5 u
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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。0 I3 v8 u3 i# U7 L
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