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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。
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+ d! ?( G: G5 m7 c% G3 T) DL: 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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! G5 ~- u( z$ Z* A  F& uM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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# x  s) i. a# wL: 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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; z3 O7 E8 \# [
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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。: |6 ^$ c+ w7 h$ y4 n7 i  S
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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.) _* i$ \' V" u5 X  L( d3 {' n+ d5 q

4 d; r& ?  {9 t6 l# `: sL: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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M: 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?! L4 z# U! h0 B

1 }1 d3 f& I/ ?5 ?8 n6 VM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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" p  |1 I0 Z. V2 ZL: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?0 e. r' o7 }8 ]7 z. n2 c
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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.# `. x6 |% Z4 h6 {: W: }

1 o- f3 Q8 [# {  \$ VL: 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?5 l& u$ ]/ ^- ]) m4 b5 M6 O

' j) v+ @6 K% |5 K5 j; N& dM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 g8 n" L; p. W8 _

% E, C3 \4 X, E8 m8 eL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' \: @/ B7 H# [( v# W! c9 J
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(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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5 X; m+ C3 [! s' O7 g5 O9 v: |M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all." x3 A" Y0 r- a# `' S1 r

; \8 f. z- T! A' s1 h4 k" QL: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.
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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.( O# J" {8 g% P8 Y  h7 L$ S6 G9 k

: K4 j  S8 c; c# Z: ^7 _+ k. [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。, \- s4 _/ P2 ?

5 O2 b9 W9 E! B$ v) a4 qM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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5 w( n1 q! P# F2 Z- aL: 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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6 }5 }( V+ l$ _7 k# P8 sM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.) s+ x. A% v: `* w  [2 s
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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.% [# ]% I$ ]1 d, p3 C0 F, F

. M, b# O; P7 t2 Q' |4 \- _6 C4 nM: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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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  T% r4 L4 X/ p% Q. S' |* iL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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7 A0 j! |' A$ b3 F4 `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。& X  y! x, I* ?

: J& N7 F2 J4 [% g3 ~# P5 ?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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