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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。2 y; \4 |0 K* Q9 Y1 a; ^* D
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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!8 u. z$ d; i6 n3 g6 X8 m

7 E! e6 {# H5 M/ _2 v) V5 rM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.! N) n! R! }* c0 O/ [. B

! O( j' A1 r  E. 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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2 W" g' C& j/ F/ `M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。
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2 i- m# h+ \( G" X7 Q  PM: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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L: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?  u" I' ~* i. s" t1 G- e

1 L- k9 C/ d5 q" B' n. ~M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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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?, z# R$ A" d# D1 s

0 V! F1 a/ }6 L0 G  L' V# yM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- Y/ c4 t: b8 z9 y% ?+ }5 e" ~. P

! W; e: J% Z/ x; m. w$ y( X0 f& f! P+ TL: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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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.: A' h: y: o) K" I, L
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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!
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, K: k+ b2 K6 P- p1 ]L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" q' a# s& @7 ~* v
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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2 o/ g6 ~0 e9 {' |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。
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. d1 x* [+ ?; E+ U5 b3 ]  ^+ lM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.$ d, N' ~  Q4 @. U9 H

0 e+ t; w  r% E4 t# ]3 rL: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- h* k0 ~, w5 z0 _" `; g8 B
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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4 ^: j" W: S* k5 k9 K0 m" g. o, e# FL: 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?: _. l( @* K) d' _  z

( y7 i  [/ A  f5 x9 g" @* O- iM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level./ T& K4 ~/ q" g& e
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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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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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4 f7 G7 S2 a+ A- d( `9 j. _M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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  k5 O8 ~( ]* P" M; b. v+ ~# `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.
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/ J' I) i$ ?& a4 pM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?" `& w1 w1 f; {

, Y8 L( b) W' b8 V$ I0 X) b2 |! xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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! X1 u' b% A( KM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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( b9 I4 H5 e- n, w1 U* t8 jL: 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.1 e) W6 g; s4 J+ D
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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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