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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。0 k) O* {1 i% i# W- ]0 `

8 o; q9 D* f) }, A7 P9 ~0 cL: 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!: p2 X! O0 [8 X" T7 A
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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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6 O$ q( l" S0 @8 O  ]' `  BL: 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?' W* M7 r  h1 m" d- \; X& |

) N$ }6 h0 m4 m4 V( |% ?5 {$ E. iM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 j& D  X5 m3 ?- _/ }* [8 k% k

( z+ J3 M9 C% N; y; DL: 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。$ T0 m+ j  ]7 c, j! _" ^( @, W

9 H& B2 c2 T, \' O% |( zM: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?0 k( o/ |2 t; w: k9 I9 i/ J% V
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- \) Y; I* ]$ X/ ?( {6 ^
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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.6 _' y' U5 t+ f' Q/ L

( r/ Z9 f7 `4 S5 XL: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.
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3 |+ b8 ^$ V5 n5 D2 X5 A' QL: 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 I; Z8 b  @8 G8 ^3 E& `M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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4 @& p: G1 h! F0 L. \) T5 @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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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.5 [' \# `" H, j  O1 d6 N/ t9 m

( I$ j6 I& {/ C+ {9 SL: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。9 D- V$ `" m3 S( ~7 d8 t& [* u
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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?! a+ C/ k9 \+ Q2 s0 W

% d" |" N2 M! [  w! QM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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) ^) \( c; T8 Y1 p* dL: 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./ p) H  f) D3 \3 M* e$ g( U% N2 J

( Q) n( O# K% x# z7 GL: 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.
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4 O) u+ a1 C8 m, F+ S: d! 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.& p& W; ?. x% t: w  O
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M: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。$ ~0 ]) Z4 \. |, g- [2 T' O1 K

1 e' [% F, S5 g/ X4 m2 WM: 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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0 y4 Q+ R, t1 a& ^- l3 n9 HM: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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; i* s3 c# O9 u) g8 jL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。* U5 d) l/ X, m6 Q: u, E
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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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