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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。' V7 P8 R( J. F# ]( C5 _! d
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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!
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) t# s( h% i& h1 R5 zM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?, W5 P4 s2 N3 W. k# Z& Y  f" t
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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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% A# N) Q* Y) WL: 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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- h+ ?' }  _% |9 P9 xM: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?$ ?1 \; [+ r% J  T" F. \/ z( e4 _0 B( 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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9 S, I/ F* h) a8 {, NL: 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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, x0 \: I; R+ q4 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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7 R7 G. ?) @! J1 N& hM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.. r1 r- r1 p& u

4 r: s8 p; S3 ^/ i/ o! O% sL: 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?( J( u' b+ ^+ d$ g' P- H7 p6 f4 y
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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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)
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4 }4 E1 h* h! k: p8 s' A3 l  j5 sL: 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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M: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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  R$ c4 X7 M- |: _: s( AL: 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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8 J7 s2 d: s% C9 TM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.: \, @* b' d, z  c

8 B. v1 m5 n1 cL: 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。6 U0 h& D) }9 }1 M; T- u3 p8 V& \
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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# W. e& w+ v# A9 ^5 s% z; b! XL: 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?: Y. I5 p' }9 X( D8 q

; O1 d7 O- W8 k( g' F) \2 {( ^8 u* LM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* G7 y. w; c& `. i4 c. `: }0 N% C
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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.; L9 x1 t1 W& x1 }; `6 P# U& U

2 _/ B" c9 s$ A& ?, S; O# ?4 V0 Q# RM: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。  h0 o% B6 V) ]- r2 U* K2 ~( J

, ]/ J: L; H  |) e3 v$ wM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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5 W4 q9 {2 C5 [# NL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。' H+ V  `+ {1 E, W

) T+ C. I1 B6 j( @. qM: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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$ V( U! }: P$ j1 x# d, u9 uL: 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。# r) w$ t5 u3 a4 m" A
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