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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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! i3 d: K4 Q1 o8 ]' o' wM: 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?7 F. c) Z$ M+ _% W' Q" e0 f
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.1 q2 O& w5 ?. I% z7 s% c/ M
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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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8 R' e; ?; h8 K* U6 Y5 S" d3 m( `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." [+ s+ b9 B+ K  _$ ]

( ^8 t: y/ q( r+ C5 tL: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?% H: h7 \. q* l5 S% C

0 R* ~$ N9 n) b$ |7 q& p4 hM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?1 w. i6 N& M3 j: z3 l( z3 I

0 y. L9 h% m2 x: q& l) t. T1 ?% aL: 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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6 d& I& |* F: O. \M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?
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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.. k* a' y8 F! P( w
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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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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!, ]9 L" Q0 j* A4 d0 a4 {, C7 A
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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。9 V1 m2 h0 l$ a+ R- t% H

" H1 _6 l$ v0 _* `9 c' [; AM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% ?2 B1 \2 g8 o

7 n" M: d0 n* Z9 w' eL: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 j8 R+ A/ ]  V! t8 s: j, g- b! a
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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?- k! `8 r9 [7 s; h% e

" C$ A; k5 @% `& b# v- L& E/ eM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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$ w5 D! V8 q; c, n8 c0 X& U. b" jL: 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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  {( ^& g1 h- Z% ~+ p( EM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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% q0 t7 e" Q! K& b% h. s0 Y: D7 I' 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?' T6 V9 I6 }3 }( ~0 G! 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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& k) `& t2 J0 y7 P- _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., ?& H6 i7 P1 V, R% B# Q- v/ L

+ Q7 s( j0 K: [/ e, }& R, o1 U9 fM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?2 P! \& R( {% ^5 v
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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。6 }! R) P  s( e8 g7 P. u3 \

$ q/ Q2 D  K5 ?+ N4 w' SM: 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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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.% W, p; t' I9 ]: o
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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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) G$ Q0 [6 [# r* o' `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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