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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!  p( f4 k+ Z9 R. Z: ~0 z( r1 x6 [

6 {: ?) Q7 v9 g" K; sM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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+ H1 C0 K+ Q! p, S" eL: 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.
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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。, n- Y% q* A, a5 `0 W) ~" m

3 f; I$ p& ^2 Y# ?6 y' BM: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.* D- x2 E. |$ v1 V# ^3 l5 q- E
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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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( X7 Y0 _2 o. m3 Q1 @9 p5 V" ]& RM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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2 \/ G2 i  S8 jL: 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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% {+ y; f: `8 M' s# F: m. @M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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. n/ l5 T. L, c$ gL: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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7 d: e- ]% f4 C5 j: p5 a( FM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.# r) h, O1 y7 B* C4 u+ M+ u7 ?
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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?
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( Z3 x3 r( L6 f' l+ m; g
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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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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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3 M2 a2 r1 Q0 e" B% v0 |% N9 ]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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/ p0 h3 h  i: \M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.. a; w  v  [" h& R8 b" p5 E1 h

. n" ]' _' g5 G' c) N9 z  ML: 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?7 J# s3 e: ?* J# Y( P" Q1 O9 p
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., U# o* P/ o$ }
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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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7 @4 u* t1 B: F; w, kM: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?7 J4 d) {% }& ^' p

0 ?1 J: }% _  a6 H/ sM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( S  G% u; ~' b" M7 X8 n6 u* Q
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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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$ I/ l+ R& Y4 T: ?* d0 GM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?  v$ P2 t+ K: ?7 ^( B
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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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3 _+ c/ @# T: {5 G! k/ @' X, F, [# IL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 f+ E: v7 n9 j
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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.
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3 p4 M4 n$ W5 r0 V8 H2 XL: 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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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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