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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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; J7 R# [# D0 p- n( J# t: ~1 d3 aL: 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!. }  C0 Z* E  H+ T3 b  d7 D( h
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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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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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) O* N( T6 W5 a4 O% p1 F

5 @& b- |, A; Q# ^. RL: 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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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?
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( j! R8 z0 `' @' S2 rM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?. [* c$ g" I& `# V" j( d

4 P, d4 H/ A  F5 S0 C: ^L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?. }, K1 O! G& l0 x3 c; i

- I  r. y/ D  C* X$ b$ ], ^M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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. N  ]- l6 D$ G" x& v0 |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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9 l4 l& r+ B1 C, jL: 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?' ~( t1 s; ~. y3 _. F$ q
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!  [1 x4 g7 {9 S5 D) f/ d

1 N6 P" d9 {& O" {+ \% dL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!4 r3 H8 A4 T4 ~% ^% w# T: S
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)# w- f/ U. |9 Z6 G1 N, c; W3 S

# ~. c9 U( s5 ]0 l7 X* \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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" m9 b5 G4 B0 ZM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 g& S- E4 m! _/ }9 n0 c5 C

* }, b2 e' r" J& K$ f, oL: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。: B) I( p$ j8 H# V. i% [' Y

6 J& a/ A! p1 [9 IM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.2 i! I6 `2 m& d- }. c

  i' ~$ Y6 o$ p+ V+ W9 FL: 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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" b- v2 z, A5 K3 J  l# R1 c, KM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 `( j- i$ [  R8 t; N3 z  _2 a
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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。
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M: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?
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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.: g* L% G' A% a/ C4 ?* S7 R! P, b

5 H: u' u: a% T; F# A! xM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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3 R& l  f$ a1 M1 _  WL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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/ J6 H" [! i0 ?M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!+ c1 H! K5 q7 `' [0 \8 X

+ h: `2 ?( |3 V5 RL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" _+ w7 f* }! T1 W/ F0 ?+ q

; V4 ?( d/ `" H. bM: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。6 K+ k3 r) j! n' n  t3 p7 }! j
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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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