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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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) S* B5 Z2 ]" v  VL: 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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7 ^- T  X, ^% t; v2 Z, RM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.- D1 {5 \# F" E

! g* [6 K7 ]9 l4 R9 v+ A1 dL: 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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6 }1 U1 e) r# x" N( x6 _% FM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 Z& q: e# X1 Q! [
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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。* N) D) x6 f+ Q" j8 S# \
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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.: U6 X9 c. S% i0 Q

% I) m1 B! V) d" mL: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?0 C3 R2 |1 |  A& g4 j; g
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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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" H8 h& i: W7 q9 pM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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* a( L( U  _6 E" y: h! K( D+ o/ RL: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?& T$ ^, D3 O! q0 H
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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.
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6 `! s. d9 o% g. wL: 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?0 t7 Y- C6 m, [& z% g& o8 S& g$ n

9 J( ^$ f4 R  m4 T" mM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 J1 j0 P( j2 s8 Y' r, R" j* }

% P" h$ K1 x+ m+ q- o9 @(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)+ L" ]. {" V9 p/ t. e9 I9 |& X
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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。5 C# x' l1 a2 \" l6 ^

* N9 A( {& e6 K; FM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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* p+ q8 ^3 a8 m- E9 a. ZL: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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* ~$ A  m; W1 @2 A: YM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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% p7 s1 M4 S; |2 \1 C2 xL: 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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4 [4 k# P; }$ {M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 i6 s5 U! _2 O+ d% R) G
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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。
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?% u& X7 E. z4 Q
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.0 u$ U6 Q  @1 }

9 J/ P3 B# I9 c8 P( L2 L* EL: 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.4 l: `* g! z$ F5 t

$ i' ~: r3 t, p8 b1 z; L; fM: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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 ]8 u6 M' U9 b2 [4 ]; }, T
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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. m( Y+ S) m3 }/ \M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again./ \4 w" j3 |7 G% k
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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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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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