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。

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！

0 {  ~4 N( F# c: y' [3 hM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

: F4 q" @" h" @4 j* C+ [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？

) X. z/ b4 Y  P  c6 O) `, h; ~! ]M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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, I$ D: J7 T8 }, aL: 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。

8 d  }5 j. Y$ c' R3 N+ 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.
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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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/ g( c, _: }. h8 P, SM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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4 ?. |& h4 J- wL: 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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6 K* z+ d# H  O5 q( w! tM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.

2 G1 f, ]  h  o9 q* U* VL：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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& I1 S  [9 @2 p. N  b4 _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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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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4 n, R2 E9 `8 O' Z: v; jM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

3 g, `  X* I) i  X* C' j( eL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！
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" G. U% O" V/ |8 |0 @4 e$ P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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, x( Y. G9 r/ J( YL: 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.

" Y4 k5 h. O% z  T5 V# dL：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。

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？
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M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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- F3 d4 b; M0 j2 D$ y1 \  F: F/ bL: 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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M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.

( M2 u, e% t9 i0 w. x8 UL: 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 j4 I8 |6 D/ s* A* w, PM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

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。
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5 x. X6 f+ z  w3 h: C* a) zM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。

8 V1 y. p5 E3 c/ O2 u1 X( YM：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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. L0 m9 |( h) M$ b# L, x- SMichael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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