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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。$ F/ E# M* E$ o  _$ F1 {

5 k: v; Y& e6 O' c+ j) x* vL: 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!/ B. z' u1 ^, I+ t

4 h  h1 L' H3 V2 ~* HM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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4 s% F. r8 o7 z8 G& D" EL: 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?: [9 s' k  H  S7 L& T9 V
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) m  t' n' M. X# z# |+ N: v

$ E6 y' H: U  g8 \, ?( FL: 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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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.' K# z7 P% i1 K& J
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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?& ]% k* G" |0 L$ o' ]; Z

8 q5 p" o( Z5 J" F0 T  F" T. ~- MM: 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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( C0 i% ]/ h) y, t, AM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) B, D; Z8 ?7 Q
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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?5 e( z% i' e: I1 \0 t0 `  z4 Z. B3 \4 {
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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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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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8 ^2 [- \6 ~- v' Q. M  QM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!& i' i& y3 \6 h$ n! r0 y
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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7 z) E5 O/ ~) o; I$ `0 I, Q; HL: 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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# p: c! E5 o5 F  B7 QM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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2 v% K" W7 k* ~. G. W2 M3 HL: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。/ _0 ^  r! e/ M( _; @# ]6 z
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.  H$ A) R7 `3 d: J, l6 t

% D6 h4 h& K; ~- X! t; T' w. [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.5 `* R0 v; }7 j& F5 j$ n$ O; e( G
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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。! Q  A* `( Q9 @$ v- ~: C2 B
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.0 u$ f) t- a& p0 w
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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?: ?! N" l8 ~% s4 T
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.; W+ t8 ]4 m, g3 [, [7 f
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?: k+ ^# r7 o8 N7 G6 V5 P. f3 W1 f- I* B
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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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) w$ p% F6 G+ D$ S6 }/ @0 O5 ZM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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$ W& p, q" A2 }- l) T% cL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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* m: Z0 k6 X1 n) O/ T* J; q  oM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.+ m% d* k+ g, Z7 `/ K: ?6 x% ^# G
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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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; v1 Y# W1 I: M) J& R7 rMichael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。6 u3 D3 h* k; {( t# u
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