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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!
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, {) I- S# x& T( c/ D- sM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.! h# n' N! d- [5 r; Y6 U

7 V/ n/ k: E* f1 C% P5 N+ F; TL: 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?" d8 x4 D0 [) l( @6 b3 A3 _. K: I& |3 O

% C3 A' C+ }. m7 a5 H+ cM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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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。1 S2 y' `: r9 ?+ B( F# V
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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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/ I& {! l! @! b; k  kL: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?# W. c9 D' M; P
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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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2 a) O- D2 h; g8 I3 F0 qM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.. N) M+ w4 s4 T( Y4 z$ G

. Y0 y) U! u* y4 P- J  XL: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?! N+ Z, O3 S" f9 _" [& t

! U% _$ _+ f9 p0 ]" AM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.5 A3 H$ }9 @- N
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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?8 V0 r1 x7 P& H7 d; B

# O" @( |. w% \M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!! b/ ?9 g8 m+ L; N

7 Z7 v* G' e( e4 U/ X2 f(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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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。  C7 B9 g' B! r1 g* x/ }) @6 Q
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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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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.. _, s- b( v% L  ]6 E) q+ K/ ?
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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?- o1 {8 m$ e7 C" P2 b5 X! M

% F- z2 O0 Q0 b2 q# e$ d: i; MM: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。
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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?0 @0 Z" o2 a% Q

* o& y# i  c  k4 B% u7 Z6 y0 RM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.- C3 c6 t. p( p4 v) P0 p
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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.6 k* a& f& N( c3 ?! q) `
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% R: }$ l' j, `3 r* g
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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!
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* c8 E8 O5 l- |) QL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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# U( G2 d; w- }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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: ~9 W. w: h4 Y& y. h0 s  VL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。1 w6 x; V6 \7 A3 h

* v. n, x; ^, \" t( f" n( JMichael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。8 k1 O  ^- v# z
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