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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。" ]. a" y( ^! i) S5 v! G  x" {
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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!7 b4 u" R/ [/ t& L

2 a/ X# l3 w  b. ]M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.* w# I$ n. Y2 `% m2 g/ W  I
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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?9 C7 ^& k9 v. |# F
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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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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。8 W1 C' k! v: z. d' k1 b' I1 Z

( l% _  l0 w) oM: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.5 ?7 ~) t# N/ R# h6 h5 ~/ B

. K6 x% Z" }5 Z* ~- J0 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?; b% T( e3 u4 m8 [
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 _" \; X/ B- y2 X" w8 }

( W5 J$ O4 n5 t. P6 gL: 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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, I& _) e. L; i  yM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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' N& v& i2 {+ j& s, R4 C! sL: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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  u( M# _$ {$ ]( t2 d. ]2 xM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.1 C* H+ ?$ E$ z: \, g

5 ~7 b4 Z$ h; q3 BL: 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?. d: n: y6 g5 R5 [  m

, D3 k+ s1 Q8 r% VM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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$ v) g9 a3 J* w8 s+ uL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!2 R2 h) G9 e5 C) P7 m/ {

2 p& k3 T( L  J0 X7 k' F(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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9 n6 E! X# I" m7 K+ f  ]3 n* _8 X% WL: 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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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0 r1 I8 T. t8 {0 k! }. |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。, T: Z! ~/ e" v2 q; q) {
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.) L6 F3 K1 R2 g& H) ^/ a. q

5 R, v4 u9 d2 W* hL: 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.
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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。; j* q6 U* y. s% t& ?% o$ o

" O+ j1 }+ l7 zM: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?- Z$ q+ G5 W, p
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M: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.
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2 d! q5 T3 R. \' d  @3 f6 KM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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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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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8 j' T' f1 L- P1 C& Z/ DM: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。+ |$ L0 w  w7 Q/ K. y6 b

" t. n5 I3 b" `' n+ B# oMichael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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