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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。
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; v/ Q& a4 b- l/ H; mL: 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!6 h" n% K1 l! P/ z

( W0 D3 ~8 g2 \% X/ N5 ]2 aM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.2 z5 ]( W2 w' P

' L, P% \" I% O) u/ K8 m8 g0 IL: 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?) M1 n0 Q( X: J! b4 k

" f' Y$ K/ }$ _+ wM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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, P* c8 y1 M9 T  Y+ VL: 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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$ f' ^- ]) Y8 Q& s5 A  DM: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.! H) j, q8 D6 k
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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?; \, a0 ~' X* G
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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; E! [( E* [3 H! v4 ZL: 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." n- H( g3 E: Z' K# a% ~' G
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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?  U! P! J1 L- K" J3 W/ e
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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.
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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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# O, t7 I% p% L3 B. R
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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/ Y5 W7 U) i/ J2 R; E(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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2 W. B. V, [: RL: 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.
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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。9 z9 \+ `. m% R( [& j4 ]

/ f0 Q8 Q4 V# z  H% x+ MM: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?. j8 l: g) @: W$ S

, g4 W5 `6 a5 E9 @. V- xM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 D9 Z: u$ P2 i' s# M# v3 T

* I; h3 V9 I/ b) s8 o$ n  l* s9 ^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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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?  f1 B$ ~, J( W6 |
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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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. O  t8 R. I2 ]' C" q8 |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.% c: f0 I' t1 Q& J! K% c

2 V5 ^3 F2 m. G( h3 G7 }3 YM: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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6 f: ~$ }% Z; e, Z5 y; M7 V% OM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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* o  D9 z% V0 {3 Y1 b& ?L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.6 l4 k* D4 w) b/ j! k
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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。- ?6 b$ t) s# m+ s+ }& R
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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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