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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。! L. Y) v4 k+ I

7 V! M8 q- Z  Q5 {& W* EL: 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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8 {) D0 d* U9 W# G0 w2 LM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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& o2 x/ l, ]% l+ VL: 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 C' G- a+ p% l8 Z3 M, y: j; p0 t
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M: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。* ]& N1 F) `! \# L' O+ E, d7 k

1 A% G, A5 z+ f# f/ K, gM: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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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?: e, Y+ M) W& e5 N9 I% C' ?

( v8 O5 V" N0 b$ ^M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?0 K" R$ o* x' e$ N( @5 f. B
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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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' V1 w6 A2 c* I& @5 k

  A. Q1 n6 Q1 }7 u  S7 Q' HL: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?2 v) {+ e  M+ `6 m

4 c& p# v: b# W+ Z3 iM: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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" d% j* o7 y/ o1 s9 H6 ^  m# M0 IL: 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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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" d9 H/ S8 k+ g0 S2 M+ K4 Y% t- L(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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0 d% {& F5 U% m$ M: q8 JL: 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.  W& G: G- g, x4 ]. r9 w
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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.$ L$ o6 a( R1 f+ m; U. T$ l7 ^5 |4 e

1 C, [" o$ O( g8 F7 u( s2 }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?# I' r$ H" O+ ]: r: O. x

& s3 |' H2 [2 Q5 B$ @( b. YM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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9 F- B+ L) P! C, D$ L# l6 x/ o! |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。8 J8 H- W  k6 W5 m+ `
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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?5 i, ^# ^" ^& L- X

0 ~0 W6 I, @6 j6 ~$ A! _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." H  Y5 }  k" O+ _

* m& G( S5 k. k2 \  W$ 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。
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+ g& e# O6 z4 s2 `- qM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!4 d  r8 \% k+ l, p9 `; P- m

) Z0 A" a3 x- \+ X) Z0 y- aL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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" H0 @( u3 k( e3 d( q0 r( eM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.4 U: Q: z& y% }0 F3 P8 D) l

+ a' r# K* ~* t# j% o7 I& QL: 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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