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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。3 G' b3 u& V' h+ K( V- 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 c5 w5 @: B& n

6 f( ~$ l1 E& d% [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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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?# |7 T; i! D, e
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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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; w% L( O! }6 g9 b1 l& 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。
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; o* U7 F8 i' t4 S( R' JM: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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1 K5 E( G% }% V% f- M( VL: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?: d" X/ t$ y9 k' N% ^$ i

' E' }  S' z/ v; rL: 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 b) P% V" S7 @1 S, m

0 {5 V+ E8 d0 ZL: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?2 J( d+ }. [; n" j# ^2 w0 i* E0 N

7 X0 t& F- S% uM: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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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?" f* o0 P. U. L- m
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!# U1 @8 c  F8 o% _& K. J4 I

- M1 h8 `% P* s# A(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)7 e. |- Z* c' H1 Q& G5 @0 ~
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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.0 W3 k% p4 r* s

( o7 m, m3 i  S3 E* }0 k& gL: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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.1 f  R5 X, V4 N; J/ |! J: w) V

3 a  x9 A8 z4 s4 d. b$ W" xL: 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?5 I. Q+ O. H- M; T& v5 s

  C3 ?/ t* a) V0 t" d: a; T1 @M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- I  P9 X8 J5 C9 I' y
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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。8 F+ K' g3 F. k7 o0 Z- k

, x3 E3 I/ H5 K+ u" R2 CM: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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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. v2 I. f7 o# @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?
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% ^3 j4 C6 b2 s- DL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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$ ]  i6 a8 J. f6 @M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!. B4 K* E8 S" J' o, V! o

5 D. f, r* t+ S0 _L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。/ B1 X' _  t# ?5 q* A6 s
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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.
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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。0 k& k* q$ v1 \7 K/ U+ `% l& Q; j& d/ m

4 `8 y( q# o$ O# p  t1 _" 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。1 |/ }: |6 n6 w* e
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