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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。5 i8 A% @- @# g4 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!6 r' ]1 [0 V/ b$ }0 O( O

: B% X2 I, `0 X; |( s8 _M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games." h$ {* t# G3 z
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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?" P. y3 e0 W3 k* u5 C" [
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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。0 b, c0 X/ b& L4 H7 P
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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.' L% g5 x/ Y. L/ C# m+ `: ^6 S
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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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& ^8 R; G4 j, l1 E/ u8 rM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 f: q$ P& G/ M' z

$ a: @% {# ?2 {/ s* Z4 w) OL: 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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& v! s, Y' |" H9 f0 J$ ^7 hM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.& ]7 I8 ]1 V0 b- U# w& ]" e
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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?6 c0 d$ G! _: M4 G; l

# j1 u' l3 ?; g* Y7 n( l/ tM: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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2 _8 C, {* ^9 z5 }: U6 n, C6 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?' f4 o4 k7 R3 L; F

4 s! o1 o0 r) m4 v' j/ f1 o% ZM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!( I2 o0 J6 I. F0 t. N

/ p: A) C( C0 ^L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!) K/ \- A) d# s; A+ {5 z/ v& Q

5 Y9 c% G$ }, i  m! e(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)5 H( u0 O2 |2 C, D9 Z

; k, o: L' n' _8 VL: 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。! J& v: ]; y" q
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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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+ A* V4 X" N: LL: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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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?# K( n; w* \7 p* `: p
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.- u0 E8 u7 {1 x& H/ n' k3 J
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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。5 g& Y$ d% X' ~6 E0 _

1 u' y+ m) u6 m: N- g- X) wM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ V6 a$ l: \2 {, e$ P
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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?+ h9 R1 a/ A% y3 p. m5 z

/ W. c+ N, V/ F, C, V* ZM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* C. r8 o1 A. X$ n& ]; U7 W

' L3 J% i7 W, L: ~! n  _/ _' IL: 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?; }8 L! \  w0 j' i& B# d
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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。) u* }  _; d# m& T) N) c
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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4 e5 S; q' l4 C( A. U3 e* F& x0 N& oL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。6 m5 P6 Q7 ]7 o
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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.
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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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