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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。: ^  a7 m+ t8 s  p+ v" @, C, U) {; S
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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!3 ]4 a* L+ `9 B: G3 z. `9 K" d" G

$ e% r1 Q* Y! w0 Y- o& Z6 qM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., ?7 i$ t  A$ Y( B4 g
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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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; F" F# s* {# j8 w" D$ V
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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。' ]) y7 h8 \+ E, w+ I5 \
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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.5 ]' f: X9 U$ _9 b( Z
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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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 U  m' V% Q$ o- J
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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.6 b2 P/ L2 R5 q# J' B5 T$ w  |
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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?1 Q4 x* }$ m3 q
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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.
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& n* T# K- O# y/ xL: 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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- N- [1 c0 K  Z6 k+ `M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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/ ?& N8 Z9 l: Z. U: Q7 R. F, {L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!0 l7 t, V  d2 @) }' B6 ]1 V7 Y; l

# k  Z) v5 b9 _/ G) L9 Z6 o+ @(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位): P- b' B4 E" T$ J' X
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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。, f% Z* A, }9 Z/ T9 v& Y
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.$ _, O; ~/ @8 E1 y1 {

7 A! h6 F; X# f1 v2 GL: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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5 v- x% c8 C) }% R6 yM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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* c: h& m9 [  g0 aL: 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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5 a3 b& Q% S% n! D( H0 sM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., L; x8 l8 w1 A5 H5 y7 M

3 _3 J2 V: ^, y9 {3 Y8 WL: 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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  Z7 C6 F; y, a6 `3 JM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* {, }9 O8 }& G
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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?% L2 y! Y" U7 G3 \5 P
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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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. ]' X' X. E8 G- H5 e: ]& bL: 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.9 ~  ~9 }  }/ r/ `. e( ]

. V; f- Q- X6 t" I' J, e2 ~- J3 ~% iM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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& u% d# i" r' YL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。2 q( p7 p! m) D% r8 w4 j( O
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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# {5 m4 X$ D/ w' T+ ^6 Y$ R3 G) wM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.$ c8 ?. Y. M, J2 a, G
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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。+ _/ }% {% J8 b( n8 G

, V) q& J( E! G! B- w: D# I9 H9 XMichael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。. i1 t% c+ l- i% T
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