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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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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!
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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." B; q6 L9 i, ], |1 [
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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.
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6 x& _' g( R( o3 R  M7 n, s& nL: 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。( [! P0 }( P& f) I* r
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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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) _5 p4 x. L, K' l/ OL: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" u& ~- d, U" `3 y; ?

; Q/ K; o9 S+ R" c8 O- v* m& BM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! K" b$ n3 H# k5 p

) w4 d  q3 B- j0 o2 m9 dL: 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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+ H3 x% t# Q: y3 T* P* hM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.( J9 p% d) l6 B3 s) n
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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?
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3 S2 q/ L  d- LM: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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1 D+ ^, v6 U! v! m$ NL: 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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5 \/ E' M: G8 h! }  cM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. f; m5 k$ F4 t1 O: S

- [' V( @5 i5 ]2 OL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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. M3 o* c, x2 t! J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)+ A3 u5 N2 ?9 i2 S  j
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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。) v7 w# p  j. {  R! K
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.# I& c0 u# G: ^1 V5 D* Q5 S4 f  W

$ f7 M2 ^5 |7 p/ v3 TL: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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! Q% R5 U5 C9 A( o5 \1 nM: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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4 m0 Z& S5 A! pM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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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/ p; w0 W  `5 l. EM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.$ y% {$ {% ~% i3 G! X. s, s' U
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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?. b- t- B+ b5 I* C2 }
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.# B' t& o" O: b" A& _: d

8 P; C) i$ R& U$ l" NL: 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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?7 O( w3 z4 T8 h7 a7 u

! H# P( [% g0 `. ?- @7 hL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!: T$ c' n* N" N; l5 r0 S; |

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$ u% A9 G9 D* N' D4 A8 eM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.& ~9 o. E* Z; }* b6 ~3 L
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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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