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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。0 h0 y5 `. d$ S" M! X
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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!+ R' ~3 p& `) a
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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.0 z7 {9 T; G* {# y% [4 k
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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。
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- D0 e/ T, b# A9 i* V: T6 w9 I0 MM: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.9 _5 o$ k5 f& e9 h9 C4 R

7 e" n7 V4 {2 V- h. V% d2 N/ Z! yL: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?4 d" d  p  u% d9 e) R3 J; |0 ]9 T  s
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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.1 q% P5 {* o4 K2 z; t# S

9 I. s; r) t, n+ I$ i$ lL: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?- g  u, \0 ~: \" A' E

1 N2 Q4 L5 h/ rM: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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$ ^( H" |5 J& U% B& }1 w& FL: 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?: g$ @; k/ F8 q# H7 c* J

7 ~& {' s0 P& m, Q: s2 e1 ]- e; YM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 f- D- P% Y" G7 m7 Y4 l) A
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!) ^9 s0 @7 h& s1 F, ]9 @

) v; v% g4 ^6 H(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。* [' N' q2 l0 p7 E' q

% }+ W& J7 I, N, zM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.: S% N, j1 i, o& Y

( n. Q6 X) j7 }& ]! M! ?8 \) gL: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; x* D! `, {- FM: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?! E, L" `5 I% O* V1 t3 L0 R; F

2 b4 r6 ?3 I' r. ?6 sM: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。* @) W4 Z# z7 Y5 w8 K
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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+ c( {# \$ P; |3 c7 Z9 D8 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?8 ], d* [1 B* o1 @& F- V
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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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( d2 S; _+ d( @9 @. sM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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; u& F# S3 O, t" K* EL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。) d& T' E# s" H) }

# M7 O9 k8 l" o, b! [7 }- v2 BM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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; s& K7 r* G4 h2 L% F+ zL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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% w! E. J$ ], y/ I7 R  {M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.* r" w- u, r4 {7 V

9 x2 v+ t; Z; q4 ?  @( `L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。3 T( S$ {. J! M# ?

; g8 T$ |1 k8 M) \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。; R0 n$ @6 `/ H4 T
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