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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。$ J% E4 N7 U* n& {+ x) f4 R* F* M5 u

- S& |" `/ S$ j4 [( V! T" X: tL: 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!8 h% J. E. p7 f: X: R7 w% }

- O; Q7 O0 {! gM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.  ]4 T! @# k- C$ r
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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! v; J  B2 c- U+ v; z$ \M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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! Z* c& B7 @# d7 R* WL: 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。
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  ?! J, d( v# t( D' n8 z( i6 JM: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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: j! n& F- `9 o$ O. PL: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?9 k+ U. o6 B' {: a% k# D: ~

4 I7 ~! G9 c) i; M- QM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 w5 J! f% F. x
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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?
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% `. F$ Y  c$ q- i0 AM: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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" {4 ^: J+ \2 eL: 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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& Q9 o' S5 l- W- T- A, |6 kM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!9 U1 d* `$ G0 ^1 ?
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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)
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& d5 i! ~0 l" n: y& p) S' eL: 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。
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0 _; b1 L# D( x2 wM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 A3 }; k2 A4 q, g  p- \5 V" P5 X) v

$ m6 H( v) t- x9 W  R$ jL: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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' ^( k3 _: s1 ^1 }/ t5 O0 IM: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?# H+ f  e7 ~& ~  T4 S

, Y6 m% Y, |' q9 F  b* O2 ~0 \' rM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- U. y* S. D. a; o- v- M, D' E2 A
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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。' p: g" a6 Y4 F- F( r8 x; e

6 l9 a' n9 V- O7 E& D, |M: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?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.! l6 I7 T/ x6 ~6 @" [0 |2 I- [

3 [8 u4 H( F- n- N: t& k5 e' 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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ q  w% F% M3 d+ Z2 L- P7 M
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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。
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5 y3 J5 P& ]1 T# R9 o6 M* vM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!. S7 u2 M' l1 T

/ l' m3 I* S* c. c/ r+ gL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! h. ]6 K) J" W3 \
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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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2 D% X/ ^; L! i, IMichael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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