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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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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!" y. N- o$ [! L9 z, p8 J6 `' V* v

  E0 u& u6 C1 O' N5 qM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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( B6 b5 J( v6 S' @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?% A% O# D/ w4 |4 R+ Q6 G" H

3 t  i! M3 u2 p$ ]9 \7 E& T$ S) ~; JM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。  t0 `# u. W( n6 e+ C
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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.4 z+ k" y! Q  k+ }
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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?7 Q% ~$ |3 j0 ^$ _" M8 ~9 r
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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' x* [* ?. o$ M: D( TL: 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.& H6 o- h5 g) h% f) U
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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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2 ]: O9 L' q6 @8 c4 ~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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(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。( p% \. t/ c$ Z" A
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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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5 r7 Y7 |. V8 T) n: |3 t. A+ D1 uL: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。8 @* @  ^: x2 P9 g  D% H, q. q5 Q1 F

$ Q, ^5 x7 ^0 o8 t# I! F; Y! `M: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?% C$ ~) o( K% `$ p& g

8 G* [6 T' a5 W$ k+ r* a9 ~M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 K3 Y, s: x. q; G2 z* l  g

1 M5 X, i  a. qL: 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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! \3 ~  U3 R+ J% _M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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6 {5 u, {  p0 a1 _; J: vL: 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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.: Q8 r% j1 l8 ^

$ w9 x/ m  x" m5 S' q" }7 @& a/ ~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.
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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。; [* x4 O- x) E* k3 s8 j1 W

9 R* [! q( r8 j3 VM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!. L+ |; t/ f% l( R
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; M$ W% w( y% V& V$ D2 ?' T+ _

6 t# h: d) m* t- U" h% eM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.; x8 b  g' g) ]  K- Y( ?' U
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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。
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