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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 C' I( L9 Q) R; C8 r2 `9 [' k
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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!3 e9 X( T; K/ F" c

: O5 s+ q1 a! Y7 tM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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" s. N/ t' j5 N- SL: 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?& V3 G/ @& ^3 G% w5 W; j
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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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3 {. x+ r; u! a" d% K1 HL: 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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! ]# J- H, q  |: YM: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?$ T8 m3 \; ?* j5 D1 f- m2 k. s
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?9 I8 }* ~& k9 H) n6 Y

8 c2 @8 L8 b4 x8 t5 ~+ x( OL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?6 g$ j# j7 U' ?+ @* u8 v

  G. c3 m% ~) [$ E# Q/ S2 I+ ?9 aM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.3 t( R6 N+ a1 b  W

* Q: j1 i# c! y6 b; [" pL: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?7 [/ Q7 k  w/ a4 N, C& `! H5 ?( F" Z

0 [! D- N8 I0 H; y* K8 I  {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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5 F$ E. L6 D. _$ RL: 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?: p: c7 |( j) L% B4 x; m7 p* ?

0 d0 X( v& ~( w* L5 |M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!  s! o9 p7 e5 ^2 |

  m  O) Q+ A; b7 {! hL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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: ]& L/ ^8 H( b! q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位): ^3 v" P; V5 I$ `" m

2 T8 U. ]5 x8 }7 QL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 f, }' {) p7 ?# {: ~9 E7 C
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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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.! r1 i( r5 `/ n! A, P- _. }

( A  u: n+ m5 i5 i  F9 I" X/ WL: 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?1 o3 a7 y& X9 j* `
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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* l. b. m# V6 J) Y+ @* T0 ]; ]L: 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。9 [6 a% o7 `* k* |2 d6 H

' |0 u) @4 e( `/ t5 \9 z) T0 bM: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?- u. i( }" G  G; P! ?; K9 p
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( i/ _: `5 S7 T9 j( l

$ ]# u. n  t' nL: 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.$ `+ C/ V, [, i4 |7 u  _
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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/ t/ h- X& {3 A2 v7 p, f; BL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。& J8 n: D, C2 Q" l5 e; @

" X! Q/ P) b# Z4 O, Y: Q0 M0 q+ TM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 ?, i* x: V: l0 ^5 n  A6 e
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! ]& g% q1 w( }$ ^: ~; a
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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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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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9 {$ n5 U* P* BMichael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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