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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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3 t  N% _% e1 M+ C% w( zL: 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!) f- s6 N6 G6 n

; s8 J! W& f2 _% t& a4 F) z) D% x, wM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.5 x" A" c( }% F

( E  m: y# n1 LL: 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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9 h' E0 ?" ~$ }3 Q% z6 ?5 D  q' b# yM: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。; ]9 t7 n9 g, `6 a" A. \5 ?

& k8 u6 O% }- E! r7 A' ?M: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.' E" E5 l$ z* y% {% a

* C. t: f9 @( i5 a' O, \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?% ^' s) i/ ]5 S" e/ S; t
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.& P5 B. X7 n- I* I3 W

3 k& `6 v7 e( E+ SL: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?; x0 H# H4 g7 c0 ]2 K* S. Y

' o- `' O8 X5 z% ^; d4 F9 {) zM: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?& b4 Y/ \  [- e9 _

. v5 a: q1 t+ L6 P$ s4 MM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!& u# `2 u; O+ v% g5 q- k% g
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)) v! C6 q( E$ T! f" n  h8 I6 j# x
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L: 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。; H' J# n6 Q; P

+ i! D( q  i7 f* eM: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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- C# i5 m2 b7 s! B0 Y; IL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.% k% J5 Z6 Y) |* B2 N5 P2 v

( T5 d/ v- c& FL: 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。5 y+ Q7 n+ f0 J9 J  m- Q1 S

% }/ ~* H: M* P8 MM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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( V8 {3 m& a- h# ]. 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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.7 E, v% ^& T- U. z) s; a

8 F! m+ K; W. p# j* K  O  B! A7 UL: 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.3 ~0 P! `) U+ W/ N# e
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M: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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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, n  U+ N/ g4 Y; r0 OL: 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.
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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。
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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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