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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。( D2 J' v6 x4 U' g) A
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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!9 c7 r, C5 o: V. ~/ I3 i. ^
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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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. ?  t$ P2 n% n4 n4 r% s$ Q) iL: 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.! m) w# L- p* c3 G) a$ h8 Z; S
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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。! B9 r( i) X; R% s* G

; v3 M; s6 V4 }+ AM: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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4 i3 w5 t- `$ R8 fL: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?+ _  N! M+ ]- y

2 u; E- p: K: e# U2 i* |& HM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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% t: K% v% x: F7 H& n  qL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?7 F& J, z0 D4 |5 V7 P. n
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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?8 J7 f) t! r! z; a2 L

  a- b5 n7 k; k% rM: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?
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( P8 z) ^( w3 z& q1 SM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!+ t) \; n, P+ J) B5 e( B

( A+ B6 @! |$ P( dL: 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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- ~# K$ A, N+ L1 }: eL: 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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7 i$ O: V. O6 ^# {* ]6 _: R8 h3 CM: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。: f3 `2 Q" v  m  k5 H( A8 I
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.6 H. w( i/ c8 `( f: o
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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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9 t( N" p# F' ^4 M4 I9 ^& {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。
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# h- b: c6 {3 T5 h8 K. LM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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  g) o1 V! {5 Z9 U3 b9 i- e$ eL: 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?& e: @2 j2 i7 n  Z8 d
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( Z# S: r1 T: s

, B3 a4 L4 V8 \$ ~. y1 R: e: HL: 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.. ^% l4 t9 k- }# {3 S: m+ A+ {) }

1 i0 s8 n. M: g7 Z4 j5 K9 U% ?M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?7 ^  B8 I2 _, T; }5 B& T! l
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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。
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!- S6 H3 d4 M- Z6 F) J8 k
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。0 Q4 z  D( s# ^, U
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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.1 C: f  x/ t. ]8 ~4 `
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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。; v" ?( S7 p3 m' K. t
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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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