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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。2 j& ~+ N8 Z( a" Q

* m7 o) w4 c+ ]) g7 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.$ ~$ l! S6 ^/ u1 l- E( v

9 ~8 J# d- W, C1 l- G: @! L/ C1 n7 CL: 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?# z% [# {7 i4 D% o

7 ^$ l$ z% T. A6 z+ W: L8 y* tM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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! @) ]2 B; Y/ }' U/ bL: 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。3 r3 D# b* A7 q$ ^# m

  [* ^9 W5 F* B! C/ B5 RM: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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& N1 R& U) c9 ^- b- R- wL: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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7 z2 W4 S9 ]: m6 j, t, H. gM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?% T9 _( O+ c. e# [- E
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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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# g1 f3 j) @6 `2 c; s; aM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.3 @7 V9 K9 N6 F& N; p" W
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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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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.( U9 v. E6 {4 T) T* E% `6 Y

$ k4 }% @' S7 b0 U/ u. b! q) m; C% VL: 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 g4 M5 O% Q, j2 O# m3 m/ x+ a+ Z

: y- i2 b  K) ^, Y# FM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!: u0 N, H7 {. q: L6 _% F
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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)
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/ ]1 g+ P) ^% F4 y9 j$ O# K% r) 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。
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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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2 V  M8 C0 `" ^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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4 o( h+ J) D. D) Z! \M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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- }# ?  Z3 u$ G/ vL: 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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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; I1 j1 W6 L) O  {

( H6 @: m, }' u. S6 kL: 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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.7 g0 k3 z$ u; ]( y9 P) w( Q
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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?
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) v. `* s  C7 j1 r! ~. qM: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?4 K# `: L( c' b- F' M

: L8 E! j. S  B; vL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。8 {; h7 a" Y" s6 `* u

( R- K4 f# _9 j0 qM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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% Z" j2 Y; ?+ u* u3 R3 VL: 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.! g3 C5 ~+ E6 q6 |- I3 X6 R

& Y( n( k# O6 C" G8 m/ g& v9 hL: 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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* ?, L8 v$ c2 ]/ ^1 P6 V6 {, ZMichael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。1 \  t; K1 N+ {
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