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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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0 {6 L; S7 m- f7 @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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: T. V  {& I2 }- {. Z# XM: 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?" h& j" U% n8 Y0 r4 [" Q% D

! f" W! N& p3 P! ~2 eM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke." I- Q  J! \/ E, a2 a. G* _

9 E. K& K. E( F" X5 k# ?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。" w( S  R6 v: P
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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?4 j) W# \5 b2 J: C4 K

6 Y2 \9 D& {7 v$ V4 r% u8 tM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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/ E7 R3 t( [1 k4 K7 @* x) KL: 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.7 C* Q/ ?  G  E! d
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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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. e7 b, c& v1 k+ yM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.3 P6 ?/ t- L. M2 G
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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?8 t! V3 I& P+ W7 J! S  v$ H4 q8 x

0 C: A: @- c* b# |5 \7 Q8 ZM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!" i3 {: P* W; R6 Z2 Q; u# f
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!* }/ M% {) x6 I! T. o7 @
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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1 K6 i7 y* ]6 F) J' OL: 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$ ]5 T1 ]. w$ q3 j/ m3 C

3 a4 q( v: n% T( Y6 lM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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' \# G8 j8 i% tL: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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: P) N% B) r5 U2 s+ \! UM: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?& @, o3 ?5 \, P- O& s( q' n/ d8 H# ?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。9 k! v. T( d9 V+ {8 |- q' u+ ^% A

9 I: `- R0 z" a+ uM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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2 |/ o3 \) f6 n5 q( ]3 mL: 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?. f; Y; [! N5 K) B# n7 p9 X

: R% K3 s& X/ N; WM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.8 |; F2 E) P4 E% h) A8 @( a% X3 {
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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! v/ q: `$ s( C8 U% G  v- UL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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9 t+ V8 d$ }1 r  B! T6 NM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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# a' w( X2 z6 [# `- W3 h' RL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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/ @4 D; F3 t# K+ Z/ cM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.3 E1 {" t( \7 s

) E0 o- E$ [  d& n' eL: 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。, ?( g4 c, g2 o5 `: D
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