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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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+ N6 u: _; W$ rL: 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!( I9 E- @! \; D& ]& a- L/ J

# ^/ U* o' w2 M. UM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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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3 z  Y# S2 ]! O$ c# n1 W* j( tM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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& J" K1 M% ^+ C9 Q1 n; A9 D$ `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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7 P* s' E" u" v9 P* Z8 aM: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.3 e# @% l5 B9 h: J* R- w
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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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' ]- L; h$ j# J& p$ K9 pM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! n$ m4 U5 {' {1 U

/ l* o! r0 V7 l: \. V5 eL: 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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' h* X! j% \7 Q) B! EM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." I" p/ M( f, }4 `3 [

. g/ x. J6 O3 x$ JL: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?9 `6 ]: P) Z7 a* n$ R
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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.  W% q- l; [8 f
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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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+ i1 o( o* K2 z# Q% u6 f7 bM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 Z& G: c* e: O4 u
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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" E$ ?  }" j$ t, m9 h* ~& C8 ML: 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。) U6 `! g- F/ b" L

( P% |% B! a' ?0 bM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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7 @& U8 I# X* [5 |" R( E$ Y( sL: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 d* l! X. J0 u
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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: \0 s, q4 r; l1 [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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3 ]7 r  |7 b" g# y0 iM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.# t5 B2 X: z, _/ F, S) m' `
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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。: H: e% A( w- Y0 Q! J) _; B

! b, N% P! }' |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?8 ^( I$ E$ s. Q
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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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  Q2 w" x. F. I- a* e* sL: 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.
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( w8 Q- x  l) ?$ a& F/ @, ~2 fM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, ~6 @: j, f/ e' {% c( l
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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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4 F& Z* Y/ D0 H! ]2 BM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!1 H( J2 b2 f1 S- e
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。' N2 q- x) s$ t5 I" p+ J  E
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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。# r+ o( `  z7 \) k% c3 Y7 [
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