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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。: I( a) S( I9 Q
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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!4 N! _& m7 G/ h- ?& `

* U# Y$ U9 g& p/ KM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.$ y3 N- s& [, Z" O8 G6 V
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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?; R. D" m0 _! P( f% ^. v

; t' r$ F0 c. j: EM: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。7 h& R, D: }" Z% ?* Y
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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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; R# x' F- g% X3 D" K8 ]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?% y, }  l- q" I
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ f, R5 w9 C! g5 O

, i/ ?6 C3 j. N3 N6 p# c6 dL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?  u$ k% [' K% r" }, d+ N
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.# r) W/ N# p0 R2 M

0 H. X- V" @; ~  H$ P" BL: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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$ v9 a# ~/ k4 T" q3 d( A7 SM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.3 m0 e3 U( W0 S& {6 V

" @- A% c6 U" ^9 p3 v+ }" x9 EL: 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?% a  x- I# o2 X2 }) n3 F4 C

$ h$ u& J# C  M" P! ~' c/ _" Y, z/ oM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!" X% o; S# u5 p( t! z. g

! i) I" F, m" t+ j0 j) r/ [L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!- N9 o' y! o& Z' F
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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9 k2 c9 r0 j) ?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。: O; @7 f( Z, h" \/ o6 S
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.2 s/ _9 M, u& b( Y
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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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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.! E! _. z$ l: }
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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?" v+ y. w1 n& F0 d. |
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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。% i* e2 n. F+ D( R# u0 E0 T

- k1 h. N+ ^/ z9 Z- A$ ]M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too., A- g. O5 `( ]

. }: l8 r' ~+ M" Y* \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?  ~' L( d4 x3 b) @2 W4 J$ ~
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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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' q( |6 T7 q! pL: 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.( G3 i% i4 V- S- T4 T3 K
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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, I# {4 X+ C4 M" B! W! {/ vL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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* R3 s8 ]# }! ~# N9 b! xM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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( w0 W9 [" W+ s! u! G* ?9 ]/ ^L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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, j  N7 X- ~, L# t: G3 V( a- g. gM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.# b9 C# i1 {- L" H6 u

% v+ x4 b; q+ ?% RL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。: {7 l; `8 x/ I- r! ~1 O$ }
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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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