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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。' W: T/ }5 h) H" p1 q* W' k
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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!( e* V7 K2 a0 g4 P

; j2 y; r8 w( @$ ?, aM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.1 g+ Q2 Q% B; B+ ^4 y1 m- j

" i' _- Y& Z6 l6 Z  t+ UL: 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." `, O9 Q: e1 M& ]
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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。* D! a6 E9 w  n
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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.2 `. _  m. V' n3 T; m

+ U6 y6 Z! p& x: q+ [) QL: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?  g$ k5 f1 \( Z& ?& q$ y3 S. v4 W

+ ?. z& F0 n- n  `6 nM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?% l* `2 i* i& Z( w" s' Y4 U
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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.
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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?" a# [4 t! ?- x! e) }0 j

8 z3 ?  `% J* O8 h0 _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.$ y0 a9 y8 l# l& T' S: K
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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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!2 i7 U. u! y. K5 Q6 `2 F2 E

$ W& i( s  E6 k- G! oL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!0 H2 S; r6 h8 m5 [& L$ U# [
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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。0 @; ?0 P& }. `- E! ~/ y" U9 K

+ {, N5 w3 f$ Z. h3 B) V7 I; _" |  v3 xM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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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。# i, }7 {0 M3 g- \( o8 o

  M- T" Q6 q5 e. |; h) V$ r1 z* yM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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2 X& @' N8 q7 yL: 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?. @! z$ I# g% |

2 t6 \) z1 C- P! a' x7 H+ v% qM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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4 Y1 |8 }( [6 f% O! ?) C) F! W1 fL: 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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% n7 F; W! E: [4 [! lM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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1 Z- H( F$ U6 G! VL: 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?0 ?" w- i' `2 B  ~! z0 l- G; V

8 G; F" j' c7 q# [7 ~* uM: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.: Y& Y  o5 w5 d  F! ]5 f

6 t0 E) g& L# A0 S1 FM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?. j6 |8 E+ Z  n' \( T4 `- Q

/ ~7 t# B( `7 ^' m" O. SL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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6 m& {5 U9 I+ w4 t8 {M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# n' ^) L& m5 h7 `7 F. b/ I

# V- c, x5 X, I0 }3 }L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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M: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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。
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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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