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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。8 a1 g1 c2 T( l- o: ^+ ^2 ?4 ^" C

% i9 D+ j' d0 h4 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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3 f% s- \0 W7 A* v. x0 a7 FM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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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1 `1 U" B7 ^/ r9 F- U. w0 P' hM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( h; V& a2 U. \) N5 L7 j

- X' [1 X( j8 f* Z& [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。2 s% d" z& ]: I! u, m1 z0 i2 j
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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.
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: {! h# Y& K& ?7 s0 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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- M" I: y3 S+ ^

" }  o/ z# [- ~! R* k1 o' BL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?( k: ?% r9 _: O+ i
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?9 }7 w  `  {0 a4 ?# t

' U& u! {: F, I: J) iM: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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L: 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?4 s; `/ z8 q; i" K3 D
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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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)& L" Q8 e/ }+ h

. s- d0 r8 y9 I$ L6 c4 XL: 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。9 R1 J  t9 |" Y  j0 U; `9 U
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 _0 |* ]) |* n5 ]/ U
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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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  [( d$ Y$ _/ \M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 i, r  Y% W: z& z6 O

. L' D9 }; R3 x1 M; U! I3 \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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' Y$ X" ]) n3 U& IL: 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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, C% {' i- b7 c* G0 `M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 a8 K8 {6 _/ N$ u% G& B

( e0 l3 I0 K# v+ \, m+ lL: 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.2 I; q7 w6 \2 I7 J3 b" {
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( M: N% g, y. s! ~

4 e6 {5 a1 o$ A2 C; r  N, ?' bL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。7 k+ x/ T1 Y6 z
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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 I8 v: W' k1 J7 WM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
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2 F' E6 ]6 |. NL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。9 r, i' \- c( O8 T# H( p
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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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