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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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L: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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8 R) ]- {+ `1 V2 P& gL: 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?5 v  ~4 O5 m4 W& h6 q4 N
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; Y$ P2 y. m3 e0 Z. t
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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。
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3 K! p4 _7 m) M, R* u6 ~2 [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.
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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?1 }0 Z/ r5 q2 ~. ~2 u+ X: t
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?0 G, Y; Z  H0 ?9 Z& w! h. W

* y  m& z8 U" I: CL: 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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0 K, j' d0 V4 C9 P# N5 q% s  MM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.5 }" v' `* t* X5 G6 I

7 Q/ P+ @! r4 H& }" Y  y! W, vL: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?. e$ a/ `0 d* G: `* `
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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.9 V& e* K1 x- j. `
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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!
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0 L4 t; y$ d* k( FL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!; |+ T: T* e5 }  z" X6 B7 V
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。) v' \& q( n4 V! z! E
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.+ G" {. z9 q" B" |1 B& D

* ~* L# T3 J3 p/ jL: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。1 k9 t( {9 k6 b% P4 T
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M: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?/ c+ q4 n) l* X( B, a2 g  ^  ?

2 s/ _" u2 M% J" [' X% q" i: zM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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  ~2 x$ n, w$ ]9 x0 ^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?  B0 p5 U: @' v( z' }0 M

3 l3 W& }  T  |5 ?9 C8 Z; F0 CM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.8 ?& ~& d, J# r. p% [6 f9 S
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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.) J7 Y& v6 ~( c2 H8 Q; {

2 n- B# W( T/ g- c1 kM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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+ @+ b0 w+ ~" G- YL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。4 c! p! I4 H( E  M% P7 r2 b; G' i

' T% e1 u# R- T/ F' A. xM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!. X! y" L3 r! m/ E6 }

" ^0 _3 ~* Q  X; }1 QL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。% ^. Y3 U3 A9 p5 d) @

! d; F& G- N( IM: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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+ c( d, u, x& b7 c/ J4 y: lL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。5 p- O$ A5 H& }: ]" }
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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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