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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。8 S: S/ v/ s, K+ k) G: x. V0 f
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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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+ j# L% l& L/ R7 x, z! j" p- `M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.8 Y: S2 \) u+ V( Y" [# x! L
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L: 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?  E+ ]! k' C0 w) o- A* N! c

! ^& Y- D$ r3 K" d9 f: VM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。8 E5 l0 c! J% @$ t0 b

6 o/ M) a; `' KM: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.4 o, U$ Z  A4 @/ i
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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?
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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?1 K* q' Z( K- e! D! ?  A- J2 f
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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* [, f' I8 ^9 l( qL: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?
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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.1 z# [2 I' t) R" A6 v/ J! A
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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?) b4 v  v  u( e1 A

- j! S) L$ w. S, P/ S6 d4 E- H) MM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 B4 p! q+ P  Y8 r* M. K; g
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!- m2 N7 Q& D3 j* O3 h
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位); p1 k+ m8 D7 A# y( Z

/ [' \5 b  a% X+ sL: 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.+ O& `7 M/ t6 V/ r/ U) _

0 @& k  `# |* m; g' VL: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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$ q; p$ Q3 R5 J; l7 ~3 a! r3 [M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.9 q  v' ~- ^2 Q+ B, D, [& u

0 D& P9 h) o: d/ X2 c' zL: 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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# |" P1 ^8 ^2 |' x0 H# C9 AM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。  D9 g+ V6 A4 q2 o

: U( r1 k: F9 `! QM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ a' T5 s7 u/ r  @6 t2 Y

% q9 \. G5 Q; 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?& o) P& Q; b6 y6 K/ y& S
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& h( R( \2 P1 U& s) ]( Y. ^4 Q2 T/ r

$ u3 p- Z3 H' w% TL: 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?2 K/ I% m1 t/ A4 u3 s
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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。# Q8 U/ l$ U) u2 ^5 g3 d/ t
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!5 i! P+ }& P% F/ K7 c; _6 R

& t6 r1 L$ B+ Z0 N& oL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; m# h4 {& o0 h; [5 a% e' r# @

( b5 S. N' Z8 ^% ?( D$ o$ ^+ `+ m1 yM: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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' ^+ b: x2 [  ^& CL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  V# w- ^" X( C$ m1 J0 e

  n5 h2 p+ ^9 [  UMichael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。: N2 ^5 C6 N; \- d& @. q
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