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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。
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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!  j) s. c; s  W4 s) c( M+ K/ C
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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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& w7 O! @& h3 F* _' O1 Q# C3 GL: 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.
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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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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?5 R7 o3 ~6 t3 Q. R

% r  ~) ^# b' J8 e( l  |- M: m$ hM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?: d5 u' `4 G. b' m/ j  M

  f. t6 M4 l  \9 ]. [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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: r2 W1 L# ^% B( G8 V" ?2 jM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." p/ l) ~* m$ b1 C0 n8 |

2 D4 y" ?) u) K/ R0 TL: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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' T3 T6 i$ y. r) 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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!; l8 ]+ h) e6 I+ _7 y! f

- p0 w5 I1 G' L+ F/ WL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)( Y8 b% m7 n6 I) j8 H
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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。% p# B$ L0 t& O* w* c% X

* v. l3 a% u& m2 {( n1 e6 kM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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! K* j0 W' i" F! c) E& I2 R' X9 n6 BL: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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1 \( ^1 Z  \5 n( ML: 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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7 M$ D4 }2 H+ ^: ^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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& C* i- d. L9 K6 h7 o9 WM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; s: u2 @5 n7 I: g3 r! T& g
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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?5 V& e' ~) H; m2 M! i/ T
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& ~, R2 M  ]! }/ S" h
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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.- ]5 f; y4 C( f3 \

9 n( E" j' J$ ], m% d+ o3 J+ zM: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。
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5 M/ K) v' s. z' j- Q# V& B, j( _M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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) U2 c& B$ J1 r9 `9 n: j0 qL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。. G9 a! J& l, K! i( K# y
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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.6 ]* @% s! c, }
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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。
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- V2 X1 X1 e# U; q4 H% `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。0 Y! i9 c! m9 x" X
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