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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。% F4 }( {3 y; w9 E3 }
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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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, E9 h+ x1 P5 w1 i5 cM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.; h/ x1 W# `6 k  j- g& P, h
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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?) t9 b9 I5 O. z3 K" e, k! q

! K3 T3 @+ @6 t& B) h0 |$ rM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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; [. q, B  J# Z) t) R- H3 ^: OL: 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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  B& M* R, C% P" V* ^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?
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- M4 U% g0 x2 M$ g9 ^; W3 d0 v* {: u+ eM: 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?
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. l3 L6 r: X  L7 a: jM: 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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1 u* W) R6 v6 t( g# ]$ G+ SM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.* O( S, H" R6 @1 E

* d3 y( A2 Q  G+ C. k* h' G( OL: 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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$ z. Y3 z* Y4 n0 yM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!) `' }7 J3 |0 B1 f
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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, s0 {, C4 A3 r  D5 @0 ?# cL: 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。
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4 f; Z& |/ r/ z; wM: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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8 n4 d7 j- m% J) f/ P) f, S3 xM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; _% ?$ |- }5 y& y0 U
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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?
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  c) O$ ]* a1 l# }' oM: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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.  V) L1 O1 o$ S) R
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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?4 p0 f/ d8 X" g+ @

" g. r0 [) j  \2 jM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* _* v8 _6 @: ]4 o9 s

2 I/ G0 Z0 s" ~2 |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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( S, }* y7 O" w7 L. D
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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。& x' x7 K4 i8 \+ E6 x
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!* Y$ ~2 a  u% p  d1 _2 N5 s
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。6 l5 `: r. U1 V

* \0 S& l- ]1 h, w5 F  G! aM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again./ m5 ?9 o+ P# L

6 h3 _$ P( U2 y1 o$ d: @7 l" pL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。! g" O3 Q0 s: _& ^% B
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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。" Q; c/ i* B7 L) s
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