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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。4 A6 R4 p5 T" ?4 b7 X7 i$ r: `
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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!1 K; y* Y3 l9 Y

% ]$ j! F8 k7 F# ~M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.- i) C1 ]) |* D5 Z1 D- [* s

1 }3 u  r+ o* {. I6 h1 aL: 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: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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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." I# l: q# p+ X+ x' ]# w* U

% j, G2 ^/ ^& o  YL: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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/ ~. F" o* C+ j" x9 nM: 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?2 u) u; u* z2 J1 {6 p" h
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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?' \' P+ [+ g: ^) \2 K5 v

: b1 T4 n: Y8 D  ?( j2 G) J4 ?- 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./ u9 \* x& h' G( P" H
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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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2 S. D! z' k/ ]* _. f3 LL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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, j9 e; D6 A" G# f(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)- g, U% N' O# \/ ?8 |; R

& {$ ^3 H( D1 i8 dL: 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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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。
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( C) f. _( @/ h" Q/ MM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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5 Z% O4 k. k6 L8 ]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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' t& F( Q7 @- EM: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。# X# B4 @1 g% H! P5 _
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too., u# {! c! \/ E* ^$ `4 Z

1 Z6 a# o1 i1 |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.
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: }% j8 e( v; T; @$ U' g8 c( SL: 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. M# M7 t: Z7 a( T0 o7 o  wM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?3 I# B8 Q4 [! ?: z4 G

- u7 U! `$ {3 Z# aL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。* L. h! C  z1 r/ a8 F

% a0 E  Z4 I, p2 x4 [: S/ X+ n1 xM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!1 z5 E, e$ ?+ @
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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" l: z$ a. C* U+ TM: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。/ X  J$ E3 ]. r8 U5 E

2 _+ }1 P6 `! t! k( J0 m9 Q% u0 cMichael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。+ U  T0 F# Z- e+ s( S3 N/ k
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