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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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, n! k! o- u4 w- n) X6 K" n# x( UL: 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!" f0 A: n* p" }* j! S
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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.
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1 G* e7 Q1 u, |, W2 ^- d7 j& a# Q7 @3 _; rL: 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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" O: B5 S# y7 H% T+ n$ i5 F$ wM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) ^5 `6 ?4 F( N% ?6 Z7 z

. H; i5 T$ \* ^8 V* t3 |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。9 ^' X% G. T& q- @

* M2 ?/ w7 c) X' A. x. T' oM: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.% h( s; u9 Y4 X" k. J/ a

/ @4 I* x, x2 S( Z( Z- vL: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?$ T; c' s' [# N
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- i& v. u4 o, t, k8 l4 O9 R

4 ?1 W4 @/ N) A8 S6 TL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?) q% r: j& ~5 S
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! ^/ q; p7 [# P. [% H

) ~, C$ v. O! M: |1 m# p6 EL: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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* S2 N9 M; R5 l1 N, w; G1 WM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.' A' y# L! `6 O. ]7 o- M

/ z8 i: i: {) E3 X4 `( D) A& kL: 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?0 \; s# _/ W: Z- a
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# R5 c& W2 G* F' K8 r

' [* I6 Z  f2 a( ~% @+ V2 yL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!6 Y; H  B* ?) U$ l4 R5 M
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。+ W4 [5 b' L  \/ S  W; h2 ]
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.- R' l. Q6 M; [( Y, A, K
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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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4 |; E5 _. A* z8 r8 hM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.  v) S0 ?( b. \& ~7 \6 C1 `

# T2 D9 f  r& T5 o, n; ML: 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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; w) D- |* l" q6 z$ e/ T/ sM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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- k% E8 k9 U, q' D: T  mL: 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。3 a% U/ B- s- x

1 R5 T- I4 W& P2 M1 QM: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?; d$ p& S  u# j) \: V

7 W; _% B6 [! C' I, ?M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 d2 s3 C6 r# S3 t! J1 D

4 p- y+ K5 G4 w& U$ x  rL: 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.* z2 e6 h7 A( L( J; u
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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。+ E  m. }2 d% c6 t

% k2 s# ^  m1 rM: 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 w* Z+ `7 N4 qM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.; |1 t9 d! i1 s2 S" a" A4 A+ g. T+ C

: X& w' @! R; m- \, a; NL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。- u1 b$ u3 @1 J# D9 N

. Q8 t0 X. _, F, 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。# y* a- v' {3 o3 D0 w
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