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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 l' p; z9 J1 ?3 P, _

7 h8 n0 o+ o5 {" I9 k. C, t$ R  q1 FL: 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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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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. z8 c* |' V' N9 C7 }0 O/ O& x* T9 C( 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?. |# [. A3 t! `( _+ V3 T6 X+ M, r

: k5 ]' x9 v: Y) pM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.7 f2 Q0 B1 U% T3 G" Q* Q/ I, ]
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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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# S# S! u9 Q5 I! 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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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4 V3 q% p- G6 n* r3 b% B: XL: 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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( E1 q5 I: e3 j7 A$ \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?
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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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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!6 o$ ^- t: P4 j: U$ t9 `+ w
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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)% e4 f6 \) H$ N" N# a  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。
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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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7 {+ p3 n# A9 n& p$ ~0 pL: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。, {2 t+ o3 K( `: s4 e- k

, y5 R0 i) \! I+ w. |M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?$ v" V  z5 G4 ]9 e: ~
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 N/ ]6 c% q  [1 m

& w9 w, y' S' \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。$ J5 R$ M+ y- d& z

& t/ U6 B6 d8 r- fM: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?/ Z$ U6 C, P3 k) J/ t' Y  h

8 I; c! E/ `0 i/ zM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.8 K2 |% _; i) L# V; k! |) o
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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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?& P4 J# v) Z. i0 p$ `

% i6 A$ _* s0 }' Q5 j3 h4 U7 FL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。: C, A: m. W1 e2 P

+ P, k9 s5 V4 {% y& ZM: 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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) A& b" L- F9 r4 h: `$ o+ sM: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。+ ]; z7 l- u9 l0 B
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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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