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。

5 K% o5 A( `3 B: @/ FL: 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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" _% ]- C( n" K8 \M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

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？
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4 `$ J) i* [8 |: x; W6 xM：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。

7 E5 ^! Q$ _& l9 z$ s- `  cM：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.

) ^5 Q, i, ?0 t, HL：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？

8 B* V6 i' }: p; m1 {" SM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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3 _1 B( K/ d1 i0 {$ ~9 v9 RL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？

M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.

4 s" |. a$ H" ?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？
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# Y2 \2 {  b& V# U  Q* |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.

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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- X' g( e: U* n9 Y" ]% y' s9 J8 ?M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

6 @) K" l( ^9 r$ q1 h" qL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

4 U8 \$ c; ~* l; D(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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5 Q$ {8 f/ o$ x  C, E: l1 L! kL: 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.

/ |$ j* w: n: B( X8 M" KL：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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( l. _. s+ c. N; EM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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* ]" y; [& B2 u4 T! T, 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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0 s; e+ D+ z0 e0 Y) F/ dM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

- ?1 B! e; R7 ?6 O% l$ @- cL: 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。

M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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4 ]! ~! y6 V5 |& q& n( o4 OL: 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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M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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+ C, N  T- I; T9 t) I' nL: 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.

  c2 C# m5 D5 q- U! Z/ yM：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?

  e6 a+ B( L. y/ RL: 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!

" T, A, L9 o5 S) K0 HL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。

M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.

: n' q. Z$ m) l8 H4 P4 q+ [5 P; ?L: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。

6 p) g1 ^! Z; g# tMichael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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