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。

7 Z  C/ X% l  y7 I% pL: 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！

! W: Q7 [. m. fM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

0 U! ~+ D$ c0 ^# J) k" h. eL: 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？

M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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; R  a" ~, n0 D. s4 b9 ZL: 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 q+ [' j% J  _" G# d9 o( OM：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？
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# \3 E- ~9 w! {! ?5 cM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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, b" Q. ]6 ^7 M8 f7 @1 y3 R- gL: 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.

  `  Q: {1 T, \3 g- E/ @) F2 v. 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？

  Q5 [/ i* W3 yM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.

6 G! p' W2 Y" D& t' JL: 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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+ {) \0 Q3 H6 o6 [) wM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

, E/ i4 s7 O, ML: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

$ w4 n5 m1 r# j3 V+ d(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)

7 o5 K# _4 [* W% G6 u4 u3 L$ VL: 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。

M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。

' a. m: J# q" |/ e+ QM：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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% [' [2 }- M4 w/ gM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

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。

. M) ?6 b0 i1 }3 F  Q" l9 q4 @M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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; ]4 s: Q4 u0 \" q/ b  LL: 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.

- Q! N; {" S# W! m8 I* eL: 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.

" ~* [; L' m) \" ?5 u% l1 ]/ eM：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?

2 a5 X  c+ [" d9 a. tL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。

* k' q4 |- k7 X: V) \4 EM: 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。
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/ Y# f3 H4 v& W" b" b7 w% VM：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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1 E4 A/ g4 ]: H0 Q: r6 s2 z' ~L: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。

2 w. L, H6 r$ C* f, fMichael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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