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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。; R9 z; H, r8 D7 M; d/ h2 q

" }, `1 b) ?8 u  y9 S: `% WL: 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!
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1 K# p- p/ T) Y) SM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.0 X# y7 r7 ?$ a
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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?
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* Y3 `8 X4 V* ~2 PM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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, W+ A7 O. j# o1 A) m" |8 H5 yL: 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。/ }5 y( u0 @! \9 Q* z0 U
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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.7 j7 }8 ~' [0 j# @+ T7 {, E8 d9 I

8 H' Y7 n; \7 x1 k, Y5 `) t- F5 ~$ KL: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?$ W$ Z5 f# D, x

' k: \& o" Q" a7 }4 CM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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7 m' {" {: E7 H4 E* iL: 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.
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! y( u1 @  [" v  w8 W( |# jL: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?1 ]! Q, P: T8 g! S" K" A

4 s1 N7 _3 c" C8 Q* q+ O$ 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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- W% ]  D; s5 C9 CL: 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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( {: @: Q, ~* H$ ~' D$ |M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!& g! R# ~! P9 b: _, R
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)& J" w" Y5 v& X& [9 r6 [; x

. m- ^2 N- m4 z5 g% ^1 c( BL: 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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" y  }% e4 J2 k/ \& D1 b. i  EM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.! [  R' Z  o6 q( \& h& h
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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.
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) Y5 R) O' ^. qL: 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?" W+ x# }3 f  c1 v+ Y: s" b# S

& P: i' T/ x" ?0 |7 WM: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。& q* u: s2 l( ~0 C) v, e% y

3 n: O" K; L0 e7 K  MM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) N( E( G$ r$ b+ ~

/ D5 V% ~& L+ z& C1 O  @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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: y6 `4 a7 a0 [6 v& R( C2 hM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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7 N4 \6 U! R. P% fL: 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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- V4 Q, l3 L  gM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?1 T( v5 P3 H$ z8 X
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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。2 U: L. w* W" k2 Q0 [; v
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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0 `( b& w- m4 h3 YL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! d8 _" V. {. J" ^  _% e
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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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( N  T1 ]. ?- ^& y. [# q/ KL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。
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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。- z4 H: p/ T6 ?; H% {
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