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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。" h7 u! M6 G3 b, E  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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, z. I2 L. b+ S' U0 u1 i* J- UL: 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?( i$ Y+ V. h9 C. n

; R) [6 D# t/ e* v# q2 \1 c+ tM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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! o1 A5 V1 n6 `' W, [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。
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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.
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, ?+ s6 v; f7 e+ H' |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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5 S8 U) H+ O4 j5 `2 O2 ~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?+ [. P1 v0 e: D
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.* X: }+ B, k: |: {* Y! S

8 ^8 G, u7 m7 L, X% i- CL: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?/ R- c: T1 l" Y, f3 F+ M

; B8 C4 {# D; I5 I8 J. d% x+ sM: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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# [$ Q: s" M& P! b5 Q9 y( s3 a) KL: 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?+ i4 o/ I+ ?$ M) u5 A9 Q$ k$ ?

) b* d6 W# j8 F. a1 _M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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. y& F, U: [& ~; _; {4 B* kL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!9 `5 ?2 F/ V$ k6 l  F' L1 Z
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位), h3 }# h# Y9 A2 N: v" V( a6 m7 K
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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。0 V) f8 e- r1 |3 h% j& R

; c# {3 w' E3 ?8 V/ k) E0 xM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.7 g0 r2 a+ I4 {6 A; V% K. 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.( F# B% A" |9 D0 p$ Q& e5 I
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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.) ^$ c0 f6 F- L' Z6 L
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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。
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8 R  I0 H) K  w# ~8 I' [- _M: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?  k+ z$ X, u9 _( S& o" Q8 ~
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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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0 P4 v7 ^6 R. W6 |$ t  }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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+ Z  o+ q3 x0 @+ n7 _0 XM: 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。- O% t8 v+ t( ~, b4 H( L: \5 m

6 D7 j  f$ \7 ~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。+ T( }6 V$ m" [0 D8 b
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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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