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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。% ?6 Z) d0 ~2 q" @% n
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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.+ o* z6 _* G6 B8 K% Q0 Z0 b
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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?. K1 Q+ V, {: b* a
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* ^  V% A# }0 L. p

1 K" k1 S" j* L9 tL: 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。7 P5 l# O+ w9 y. J3 t5 r
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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?
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$ a( ?! Q0 m9 y5 `M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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4 W8 C0 z( H9 h# t' i+ OL: 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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" g6 x- O+ i% U  YM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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: u) ~6 b/ H3 t' V8 B" r! V0 k- C! 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?+ E9 y' h, b2 n+ M% z5 `% B! K" z

( U4 `/ b* _2 r- 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.3 T1 Y' V! i# d& L1 X

: {6 [1 H* P5 j3 B( I6 \0 n' w: BL: 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?6 Y* a9 |/ ]8 F1 P/ `5 v

: Y, q, l7 t! \8 A0 N! R" c. nM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: G+ N7 K- @8 i. F6 K
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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  `  n6 g7 e/ y8 V3 v* @(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 P1 f; i2 F1 `; m! ^) g* s8 p

! Z7 X* E! a8 V  oL: 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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5 C) N! l) }+ l2 CM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。% v8 l/ C$ ?! F; Y, h

7 Q( n+ O# v' @/ j  oM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.) c% {7 _; r6 \7 l, R. R4 I
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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?# l+ G( j/ c8 l( Q0 ~, `# E. B

9 c3 g6 V+ G$ w4 g; a# lM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- P+ T; a/ V# \6 U, V' [3 @

1 I0 D1 A* H9 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。6 r5 z5 V! K9 D! O2 T8 ?3 [! e
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.' y7 u2 b+ f* o- e/ y7 p
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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?7 Y# [5 n% R1 z" o- w  I4 R- H

8 \- }% J# T/ ]4 j' |$ [M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.
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$ G% Z2 }7 p4 |2 N  i! l# cM: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。; e' \7 x& c+ ?, F1 P. Q& G) V9 r# t

, k" U- H' }1 T6 n2 z3 uM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!" _7 o. x' i$ A5 D. S
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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.
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# L2 e  c) h7 o6 l- |L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。$ t1 J4 b3 L( \6 X! n* n
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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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