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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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' G7 B" }) `# ^- n8 ?5 j! [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!! E8 l$ ?  n* l7 n7 a

+ n5 }( u) [) L4 t7 |7 qM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.! Z* ~6 {+ h1 Y7 s6 }

' W. u8 j5 ~3 {% u4 B( Z0 t. pL: 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?4 m6 L5 ]2 _4 G6 u# J# q

. e. g9 H2 a+ ?) }. y1 CM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.1 g! f6 v, O2 a5 w( y( T- d' ^

: l. U$ X' I% I6 e4 M/ JL: 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。" ~8 U7 i6 S0 N4 H8 M8 M2 H' B  F
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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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, y. N  j- p+ U6 u2 S+ oL: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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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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M: 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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' X, b: _( [* `1 g, D# I/ 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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  o  Q5 s! b3 D1 BL: 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?+ x$ ^( j" x. B# b% E: }+ G

2 I9 J9 T8 Z# D+ JM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 L& C# f1 v) L, P% k5 }
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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( T- R0 ]% N# `& _! R1 n7 j(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位); g. T& Z: N9 k  ^' Z4 \6 m
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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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* J5 r2 R3 ^% \! ^M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.4 q8 V" B) b8 i- H1 y
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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。( ?! f9 A1 m7 N- _4 Q
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.' O% W/ F! _' d, r% x, k' u

3 {* m5 t  a7 H* JL: 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?3 W" G: L3 ?5 w- {. j7 F

% {, a; i) Q- K6 QM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.* S! j/ x* U! L- q0 C5 d. X2 n) J

  w, L& M( U7 L. b' e, m6 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。
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: Z) T% I: p) HM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.# M2 f! n" Y5 ~5 E
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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?8 d- W6 _3 V5 r
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& B% m/ c- m; ^2 {3 p* e
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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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  s! d4 Y( i- o# C2 QM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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' B) C/ n6 H3 @0 q" ?$ J  }L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 k5 b  E8 K' O- o1 W7 a. n

( |% X0 Q2 g  P3 x7 E1 f4 PM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 P+ S  z% e2 I) \, X3 z) X

& w1 l0 a5 H1 k% i- gL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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1 U! d  I3 s- [  h/ f3 H1 BM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again./ n; F; j8 ?1 m+ k

8 H1 w8 D/ J# Z* aL: 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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- Z8 U" q$ h; x! L+ g/ _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。( q( F1 o8 p5 U4 c" n! c
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