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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。$ V7 P9 s/ ^3 M0 W! l; X
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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.
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% ]9 y" i" ?) u3 y9 S) 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?8 f7 n; N: e- f# O2 C. R! D( o+ B
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.' t" ?4 q/ }" k  U* C( G

3 p' J7 f5 K  K+ k" r+ A  B: kL: 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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  Y+ H9 ]1 U" `& K) SM: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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3 d; L' g6 \# l0 {. f: V2 W6 LL: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?! n* ]) L% J$ g

" R5 W$ s) S* B! z9 W! O% DM: 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?
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& F$ Z. n/ a) B1 }! p/ |/ ]M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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5 a5 d: C: V5 F. _5 TL: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?4 ]% y( c4 ?2 N2 I; x" I) v
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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., }# N! O" ~: [; g+ S
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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?7 `2 Q  `+ r! l) n7 J$ a
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!- ]: Z4 [( }# W- n

+ X- Q: Q& F/ E1 U) ]' G  w9 ]' OL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 _6 S# S$ p, m; A

+ A6 [  v( I) ~2 S2 I. q! \: C(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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2 {3 H, U9 H, }. ZL: 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。, [3 |2 \+ N7 W, H) C' N) c) {
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.7 J; O+ t6 m" K& H. a
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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。3 N- ~  M$ \5 L$ a' W7 ~

  d9 R$ _# s7 w; ]; iM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.6 x# R/ L, h; w. {1 T6 j- e' ~
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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?, K& R' r/ A+ n9 G& v# s; V; k

; R0 Y# C) E% k. D. FM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.! W4 a$ a! _* f

3 w& T. Z+ b9 y0 P5 T* q* ~, yL: 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.5 ]8 H; k7 c% U
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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?: t/ R1 Q1 L2 c9 V2 M

) N' I5 {- Q- Z4 x, p4 UM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.: ^4 d6 [% Y. E% u- C( V: t# ^
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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.4 I5 }$ Y$ X6 x

# g) B" p$ m, S9 g( h. b+ LM: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。: M/ k( |4 y( u4 z8 D0 n3 _0 j- K7 }
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M: 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。
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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.. y. {9 W- v3 r, X/ Z. u6 {
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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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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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