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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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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 ^; z- T* ~# Z( V9 `# J$ s
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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.& E% o: F' l2 {- E* a" z% l

: n1 g' f2 k- z6 [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?
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* z* e* B( }, g4 h; D& MM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.# C# [$ R( G& `+ l1 S/ t

" [: `9 V& @6 q2 t) @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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! e# S/ ^$ L) yM: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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+ T3 I. `1 g! pL: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?$ L$ \) x, }- K2 x" u6 `

' p: r) f6 S- Y. s9 @3 pM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" _0 \% V4 a8 w6 B4 i, H
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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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' ~8 _' Z0 r) z) W- e2 ~' uM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) ^6 c* F6 ?+ O8 x7 p# G
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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?+ r) P( x) }- K0 a

4 W0 T  b9 r5 @. C- s6 {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.( L( M" X6 {2 ], ^' D

0 d$ `/ k# y5 H" t3 h7 A2 _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?7 P0 ]. b& r7 S8 J# i, [) }; d0 S
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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' {, Z( L3 d. C* _L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!- ]$ O9 p6 e% W5 h

4 k- x. t2 k. @4 K0 ~" i2 @- x0 q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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, V5 f/ |  b- D* K: j: M5 Z& IL: 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: n% [4 Q/ r$ s7 ]
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.) v% t$ _( h5 f$ `) ^7 @* n6 S

; a8 Z! |0 l3 J0 G. JL: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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0 y8 X; O3 ~0 ^! H3 d% SM: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?
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9 z# c. U. E( E6 X- W& HM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 e& v2 H. [' I7 G3 N% n) {7 S

) ~. q3 Q. w' u8 W9 Q/ FL: 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。+ U0 o* O; H  Z9 p

) l+ [* A4 X/ YM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.# M" \4 }  C$ b8 k4 O6 d

3 C4 s7 ]' t. c) O( JL: 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?1 r( W5 R. _$ s+ `/ w9 n* Y( y$ O/ H. ~
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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?
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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!8 ^; |$ r+ Z7 d( Q$ s$ @+ G2 R

3 k2 U+ ^8 h* d. t6 LL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; y# r  J( n$ ?' P; N" s

* N& t* q/ k# P2 J& ?# d% y! rM: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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1 L9 q# A$ `' {/ a' DL: 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。+ k: A; `0 x( \$ e/ e$ b" N
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