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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。9 h5 H- t6 V. k9 Z& @

" A9 i2 E+ D8 z  SL: 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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7 _! S5 Z5 u* z% ]% UM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.3 n! Y0 N8 b- E2 l
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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, }/ p4 M1 d# E

0 u4 K$ M& q8 [" g, M, XM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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* q2 O9 N. h: i/ @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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# A- H) ]- X' @* B/ n- WM: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.$ }! M! A8 K) ^7 p3 F& `
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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?# L. K# p% b# E4 c1 u0 N- e  b/ S

- A, E- I/ ?$ `7 Z% C/ X: WM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?5 D  L5 D8 e2 Q6 M6 N# {* p+ f( \
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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?9 b$ i. ]# ~- s, G9 c) z
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! O: H9 m* o# j/ Y" }+ F, v
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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?: k; J# }7 k, I
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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 }6 d, q( g: M

% ]6 G9 {( o& h) V8 m% w9 RL: 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?3 {2 [% D! ^; V4 b$ x) `! |7 ^

" p' C0 [7 f: h! eM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!2 W, J. A! U5 l

3 n* f& r  p: Y% E' J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)! F0 E9 [4 G; F- Q% O
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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。+ H  o. P, L" q# e; s! t- S8 ^

# W( d2 d& L) l" O0 BM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.5 X1 a9 j' W, f; k0 \

! h, F$ m+ y; z. C* P& wL: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。# Z* L- h4 R. Y( C* w1 D- Z. o6 S
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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# f3 K4 w$ o* x, @  IL: 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?/ r7 S: }1 P+ ~' [' ~
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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。
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" U  N9 }7 i! ZM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.4 R( g& d( O, W5 T% a6 y* z
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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?" r& C! K3 b* t, c0 _$ I6 v* [

" e: Z5 F. t; ^* v0 p- ?* d' NM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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2 q/ Z; l% {, I1 QL: 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.# [. F% l/ c: m. }
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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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* X% z) B- G0 ^, @6 GM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, R$ n1 P0 \8 t/ l6 L8 n

( v8 S% M. c% L% ^5 u0 LL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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. j# H- v3 r# m( zM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.: s4 P9 p+ t5 d% n$ C: d
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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。- ^. B  Z  q; i

3 Y$ m2 @6 ]; Q* A& |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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