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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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$ {/ \6 K6 R& |8 C% W  R8 `! FL: 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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/ A$ q. c5 ^% D9 kM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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" a8 S4 ^' D0 I% M" G7 EL: 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?( g( O. [. ]8 |/ C7 m

3 P' v* Y3 X& \) x+ Q  aM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke." Y$ j& K- T! o. L# \" N/ J$ u
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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。8 K! E; q5 n9 J0 L$ M$ a9 ?5 ?" M: T

2 x. H( R0 T' S. f8 HM: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?7 @* [* n3 z+ `) w# d  P/ R4 L- B
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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./ t- I4 \/ P6 w& i3 j2 P

& e' \" }# K  ]7 [/ B! [, HL: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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# t# \3 ?2 `/ N. eM: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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, T& a& M  A( N2 _0 gL: 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?/ p, Z, i7 j+ m8 `  y, h

  p3 s; x+ F& I; QM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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6 b# M/ g( C* d& x/ z; H. m& xL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!& t/ d, Q/ m5 D0 D1 y
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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- x) I: P3 M2 HL: 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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: W8 u* X9 @1 N6 ~* G0 y% cM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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% L+ ~" z4 N' X2 s/ g! A( E6 n( A9 IL: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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/ i0 j8 z# I. @3 NM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money." d' g& b/ j' B, X
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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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/ O  \- v& F( {8 p! w9 @M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 `: ^" L( v6 x) n. U2 P- ^

) B0 _4 A+ I! O1 m" k9 w. _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.
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% O2 d+ S5 Z* P9 `; Z0 G$ V& A1 [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?% i$ t2 v; l; i' z; l5 v6 c
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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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4 ?3 u1 ~# f7 b# `4 aL: 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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5 g; S( P8 P* EM: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。) J- n3 m) ~/ h8 f" T

* q# ]. T5 R8 X9 |4 e" VM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!2 H' t! q0 H) o# R5 \

- a0 i# }! F5 J. aL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ m/ R) R/ @7 L5 d+ ]

( i: f1 \& N9 C; k( o* d4 F0 mM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.  c# b# t; O4 B, u; e2 `

9 s' `/ C- c) _L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。3 v  c! h! x5 ]

8 L8 c& |/ F7 x; l) o. KMichael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。: y! i; L; p1 H$ N- R; x: O3 D
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