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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。" [0 a, G' R6 o# r

' _1 C& l# B% Y5 S0 ?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!
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( v$ p5 r, [, E% P, s! `* aM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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. b: s6 K' k8 `* J* ?1 KL: 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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2 J( P; A/ v, u! J1 u  AM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 G+ z) A, u  [& u3 \* ^
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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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  [+ l# |  B0 S) P( |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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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?
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M: 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?
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0 ]( K1 A* D# @M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 P* A( I4 W/ k

+ r. d3 I  _3 M* m/ n4 SL: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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M:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway., a% j1 R6 J7 N) M0 x: S% m. ^9 }

  }+ }$ d9 G' j5 M" _( X3 d7 _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!# N3 B; O& O6 K, A( n
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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# w. D7 L# W5 j& r2 a(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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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* u, q1 W% q) e2 z+ w2 _# @M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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4 e# a& c+ P3 ~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.% g! n# z7 J- ?: V, U) }' ]

/ j4 ?9 o/ Y$ x1 t3 A) ^. _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.0 W1 L7 Y9 A3 j

* p* @# M. S* S" z9 A/ m& }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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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0 ?& k- c, ~8 v' _5 f- N! LL: 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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; p- o( o: o) j/ q. N; Z4 mL: 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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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。. ]6 R! B2 ]7 ]" [+ ]2 `/ h

; E) P) C* P" h: _6 MM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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.5 }$ c& ^3 `6 m. _3 z
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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。) u5 A% H# C, H& L

5 d0 E$ N1 p: {  s& W1 q0 }7 `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。: p" K" e0 ]" Y0 r) {" w/ ^
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