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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' o, D* ?/ L# yL: 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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4 X& S. ]! p! ]% RM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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  k7 J" B1 ~5 e6 n* CL: 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.

# a2 ?2 k$ i/ A' N( @7 `) A+ eL: 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。

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.

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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7 L! d5 h9 ^3 }( `& m2 ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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？

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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1 l! o) A* o3 Y1 w( HM：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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+ z* L( v1 L+ ^* |; U% ]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？

M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！
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- C+ o* u* I$ a& S" \& G: D7 a) ZL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

: y  O$ ~. h+ |(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)

: ?% l$ w0 J6 sL: 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。

M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.

4 |5 {7 z6 x  B+ rL：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。

/ I2 l9 I8 X0 U$ Y3 N8 zM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.

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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0 v* H0 Z# r' C6 H$ gM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

  X7 [% F) d  J5 r9 `1 N4 ~& x4 XL: 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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- X; S+ V& i0 bM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.

" \/ W& y, W; r& S( \7 K9 |3 TL: 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?

2 [$ Y% O$ O9 P$ i) N/ V* f. b( r# EM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

! t- g! a  u: vL: 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.

M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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' n6 s$ [8 {' ~9 P: U  ~3 o( }! u" N0 nL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。
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1 g3 ~! V- ~$ J3 p, J" n/ UM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# x1 Q/ E% |; g. C7 |1 cL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。

% t: A. R! e/ p  l1 X' t2 QM：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.

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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6 }- ^% T8 |& w- Z1 N& AMichael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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