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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。8 {, N4 v+ F0 ], u* X. L1 {2 `
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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!$ F1 T6 E) q7 F) u! v$ U
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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.9 h8 Z4 U/ s6 P* M4 k, f- U
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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?+ K+ F" }2 |2 }8 e+ Y( {7 l% c
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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* K" |  G  ?. c/ l; |' ]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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' M9 `; U% i7 B" O# G- v5 V; oM: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.; M) H# O7 @2 M$ U0 R2 ]" b$ R

4 u; L3 i  k: NL: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?/ T+ \1 A9 \* E+ L6 ~3 O- ~9 p3 w
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?& u& |4 W( ~/ ^0 ^, K* ^
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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?7 V2 k- F. p* ~8 G
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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.
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1 d5 O( L$ \7 f8 {2 oL: 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?& R. L. s( ]; u

+ v8 r# ~3 Y9 R( W. l' zM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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. x0 O" N6 [6 b% Y9 Z5 hL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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3 g+ z- l" D6 V* U9 X(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。
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) Q& O" f) |( F5 K- A2 p" v% ]) uM: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。& ?( D8 [- z3 @) B' g2 S# ]+ i7 i
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.: g$ U& P& t6 j  j
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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?
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; ~1 B/ q2 P$ e, X! iM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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3 w3 ~# ?8 j; V; EL: 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。2 O! V& T+ l: H8 z$ t

# Z: }* R% R: {3 AM: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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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. W  t8 T5 \: {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.  W; z% B% ^$ M) r" J/ W! E* a/ H$ I

# ~( B* G! Q" u4 ~& `; h. ?M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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) R+ S  S& M8 r( q, HL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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4 z7 W4 N- ]  ~5 a2 d! S% yM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 c4 n3 h! E2 [* I
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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3 e- m5 E. l5 I2 a! j2 G+ q" U: {M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.( k- o5 r) ^5 I

5 j5 }' b, v" @4 O! [; B3 W- U9 X' YL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。( I! N& q/ i5 T! g" n

6 F& K& U* D  a( r- R+ Z9 o7 zMichael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。# F; I2 G% U3 ]. {# b
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