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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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, u. P  _7 h6 h; vL: 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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.& O6 M( `8 c! \6 P6 l0 W( ~
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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?& E8 V9 A( @' s% f2 }9 U; c3 g$ B

6 D4 u& Z: x/ B; @, n: c& bM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。" T, P( u. i" _* G; J4 r" x0 L

, Q- y; L* e% {3 \& E; m- C' x) MM: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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4 F% m6 p! q2 GL: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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M: 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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ \8 M% B0 q3 `6 a

; @9 J5 _' ~& o0 p- yL: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?+ v  w/ O( i; n1 Q6 q

- T4 S9 f2 N" |5 p) z% S. \# l3 cM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.
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8 L7 v2 i$ z* O  p4 jL: 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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3 x4 ?" Q) r: S) i4 yM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!$ C( K  a8 t" 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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' ?2 b+ [8 X; T. v, P$ eL: 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。; P8 y# r% \( ~% C

  I- f$ q* c0 p' R2 AM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.0 ]5 B, O' [0 ^8 V
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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。. t- [6 J! f7 P2 e7 S- x- v1 U

) q' Y. c& R1 i4 \, SM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., a* L: M; r6 Y  F, L) W
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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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& y& f' l3 |% |3 Z% u+ O* A. J3 I7 qM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.9 ?+ S1 O% u% Z; y" {% y7 v2 g9 m: 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。! Y1 Z( D* U1 H. e+ x4 L8 [" S9 g
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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?
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: z+ J& r- K3 F7 a/ r0 bM: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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?; m  E+ T# n8 d8 v$ ?  n

: l$ \" @) v6 v8 B) ?8 RL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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8 J1 K: _: B, e, K$ {1 pM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 Y, P- n, N- S- Z" F! N1 S6 C
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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2 ~% P3 l, X( Y( _% RM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again./ v3 q. ~% _0 J0 L! H& `

6 a* y9 S  Z  \L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。) y0 R# M! x0 N5 g, a8 G

% Z  ^3 n$ R" s4 GMichael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。& }3 w. N* p  ^$ s  n
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