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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。9 V- M) K( o, M9 ~* f
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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!
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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?
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* |& m3 k4 E& l; AM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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0 i, P$ n9 D( W( F5 f2 O9 M$ {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。
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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.; H, g$ c4 R/ t  v2 d4 \  j

! H. b/ H" m- R' N* wL: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 t9 W1 L9 c  l. z3 F# i3 w9 e
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?: f' c8 q1 O  Z
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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./ A$ s1 y+ q% u# ~; r! I
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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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, _6 E9 F( e5 G5 p9 L0 I+ ]  X/ CL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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5 e! s( z8 u( D- z  t4 G7 D% N7 u7 Z(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' {# I: t' M4 G3 r' ~- C2 L

( o  J2 k# j. m& {/ J) F" @( ?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。' g! F' O) y0 ^/ A) P- a
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.. S( U8 p" R5 Z0 u& k
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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。, W2 J2 _( U* T, b0 G$ z+ k* c/ e/ x

& Q' R7 g2 Y! pM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.* `0 H9 v; A  h$ B9 p- X1 k8 K7 |

$ Z- d" G. p# i" i  P" }. {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?, `( r$ ]4 ~, U( Y
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.& L  I# J4 L% a" @: l

  j# o  `; ~2 A" ZL: 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 J( [* y$ w# r2 Y, n9 F

1 e$ }% t& k' e. V( S: KM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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7 p7 C- k: u6 O) g- w- \, KL: 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?: a, A$ Q2 x1 T: Q- |
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.7 b. _% b( S6 U5 S2 w. A: O4 `

2 D$ w+ Y0 P$ \$ K0 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." T2 C" y2 l( G
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( f2 f. a+ P, }. c- G  H) J2 B& A

/ u2 c: b5 K5 t1 v0 N  B/ JL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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/ i1 O/ \, l  [9 C0 j: |' r% nM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!& A/ E& g; z  p% z/ V
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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.! |1 G4 A- }( e; L$ b
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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。
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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。1 n8 _5 [) D# M0 b
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