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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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2 h: d- u9 `6 h$ l2 yL: 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!/ L8 ?# m7 _/ t5 ~5 Q

3 H: N# M7 T4 ]+ j7 wM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.8 v& j! e  |& n) M) A4 g

$ k# _$ R  i% O) VL: 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?9 b& v4 Y2 h9 g/ M1 {, {" h( \
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke." `, N  o. e. t! z
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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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! X" _3 E+ g* e1 u* W) ~8 s! uM: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.  s& L6 j" S' d, p( G5 e, i
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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?# c' ]* o1 i1 e  y5 l; E

2 Y2 z5 W+ y4 t/ @7 E* t& j; T( tM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?7 g) H# c: k' A/ K8 }+ x
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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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3 c/ }+ K( _* _, ZM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?
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* l5 ]9 b- N( G8 WM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.9 x4 n; r- Q6 W( {& y$ d
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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!, i4 E6 I7 H: f9 L
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!3 `: Y; i3 J/ W9 V: o' ]
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位), E! f! w/ ?2 n" _, o( }

& k; V6 S9 \% D: XL: 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.8 J7 E5 ?4 ^4 M
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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.: k( S$ O6 D% a/ S* }' m- g! H

" U! S* y# L  P# g* Z) NL: 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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6 h, y7 J; m8 E) r7 vM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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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。  s% B% C; f) b4 A
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.1 h/ o6 I+ |- W$ 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?/ Q5 O) e6 D- K  i) W+ G

- ]5 M' W1 J% S$ tM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.6 G0 k/ |$ D! P/ O6 R
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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.+ ~2 p# [" H; J$ w+ k7 w

6 a( ^9 G' V1 z/ a0 Q) x/ yM: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。, a) K' x7 R0 m( S. k
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!; g# ^+ t7 P7 x; G  _
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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。& }( N9 G9 I, R, g  T
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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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