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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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1 \: U) a" u) t6 W' p( P2 PL: 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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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?. j: T( N( g' C7 {

/ |! o8 f. ?; J: aM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.  X4 d: U" b% `* L: o

. x( q# o7 B7 v4 A5 kL: 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。3 C' q' G& ]$ K' w8 G7 V# r) _

! y9 S; d6 Y+ ~+ R* A6 qM: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?8 s5 i* m- ^* a$ F4 d: \! G
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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! j: n2 c; o( ^L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?3 u# ^& q- M5 v0 Q

3 i! a" e: L4 j0 u; d; AM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- Y/ V& f( a1 K. w  A5 k

( y  X' ~6 B% ]- x, h: _7 KL: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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% `: A& Z; j. \! [1 J9 P$ g! tL: 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?9 k9 I$ C" V8 a/ f

- L8 S- F# g* o# {1 J% \' nM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!; V- w6 g; s1 M3 Y
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' }) ]. P  H; B0 t1 C' F

6 {1 D7 Y, q' s$ y  n) V2 ^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。" q7 F, ~4 o! A9 V3 w8 [7 d

; l+ V9 \/ U5 c5 k2 Z. f* y& NM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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7 `! W+ \" q0 v0 M) Y1 |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。7 |9 _1 }# x% D
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.- R1 z( s6 J! k5 |7 ]% g7 J

5 B( D5 F7 R& q8 j5 X& lL: 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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8 p4 _' [' p5 }$ j- I7 N0 jM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.: R! y# z& l9 d% a7 `
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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。
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$ U  Y9 ^3 Q: D6 }- U  cM: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?9 h  s7 }9 X8 T9 U3 E0 I  B/ C

! H& n1 C! s* G2 oM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.' a5 @: Y! `$ S/ k1 g8 k

4 R1 k# o" J" }5 m! F8 y7 k8 k) 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." Z, [/ t4 A3 i  C

) h- \: \$ T) X4 D& q  iM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ n7 V+ p2 c6 y. t" H0 H# g2 E
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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。0 P) j3 }+ X* n) x4 h2 \* J
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ z: B2 s; u1 R# n9 v( \8 E

+ f# t( U2 _9 ]( rM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.1 r5 D9 q$ z9 Y

* Z7 G; I& h% H3 \L: 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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