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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。( V: e* j# s6 m" c! {4 `' N$ f3 S
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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!2 Y( P0 ]# M  e: H4 W# Q$ a. u+ l$ g
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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.
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3 J& X9 f+ O+ O  x3 C7 V2 O. 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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, ~4 f! |0 ?( d' G  r8 j; YM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.  v- \. Y3 g' h' b/ 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。
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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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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?
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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?" e6 G$ ]" e. R- |$ D8 W9 \

7 D' y4 B$ b& R8 MM: 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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/ G5 p$ k+ E5 u/ z. IM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.* ~" e: _9 k. v: T# o

3 u% T/ N' E: e; hL: 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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6 C8 c6 d1 X8 R7 p/ t, a/ fM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 g/ Z/ C  D( E3 h
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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7 D% Z/ y% W& c3 V- e(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。& A$ E1 B% S) z. l$ E# E/ A3 I

  U2 F! Y7 O" V: f8 C: R  o: q; a" dM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.0 }! N! I# P* A+ M- L+ y

. m8 n, W* Z2 [; j/ fL: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。: d" t( e: \* 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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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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* I  F; M: y( h) UM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.+ a9 x1 g9 j9 H- }2 C

/ {$ n8 y& p1 M$ E9 M% ]+ 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。- o; c8 T6 ~6 [4 C1 R( w: E; b

' G( q: Y2 I* r, `4 j, ^1 P" c' u# uM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& a- R- u6 B) S# ?1 ]

; k# A- M  s" R+ i  y" a; Y$ WL: 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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' p9 e1 C) q. QM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.4 N# O, ~: D0 U3 @* U: U# M
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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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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?0 Y2 b, K4 W7 c" l( I

. H; e! @2 Q8 @# n! b6 H( [0 XL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。8 [( V+ w' E: K- i" R
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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8 ?( `3 s2 H4 e$ SL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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" _- g* v; K4 Q% |$ F; `- u  Q! I4 x  SM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.# |! l0 P6 g" V; |
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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。+ V0 M$ n+ ^) X$ V

( K+ e# n& A. K0 QMichael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。9 j9 C+ B  o. B- m! d% c7 d
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