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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。" @, u& {. k8 \9 F

+ ~$ x8 [0 Y: g* l, t' [1 OL: 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!7 j) {  N; \9 g3 V; q- \
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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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& w# `( z; b7 R- t9 ^- zL: 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?* F7 H0 _0 R2 `

0 }  ~/ D/ Z1 s. t6 F) o9 ~( J5 d- g5 m" hM: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。
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4 Z1 ?/ x3 [) S% D" h5 ~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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! e8 s8 r, j" y0 {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?1 U7 X' _+ z7 i

& @/ i) d' {  n$ C9 t% o8 W7 A' E, CM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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) u$ {6 W& ~5 q* \  DL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?- g+ G6 s8 W& Y2 u- u; h- X  b% t+ A

" U' G; {3 _$ w8 F& gM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.4 f) ~* }% q9 B8 i  M  X5 u
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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?0 T* i0 x( H; p4 {" ~7 S
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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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) Q, i- k$ Z6 K: 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?, F% |) F( d) w' g0 C- X3 z- [4 N% q3 r
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!$ ]4 G$ U4 O1 W; g/ Q: G

" @3 v! u) A5 O/ a: C" Y3 m8 BL: 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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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。5 `" l+ H; x/ [- A- p
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.! d  j! I: P. V& ^5 o
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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.
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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?
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M: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。9 g. z! W( H4 Q7 c2 E1 W" W) k

5 E$ R, [9 I9 y' G8 TM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.5 B- D# Z; S/ J9 X8 k

: k$ H& Y  [0 u( l4 vL: 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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% {- q7 @  W4 i4 a8 p0 lM: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?
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9 G  p, g1 y1 W7 ?$ q0 C, O- [' TL: 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!: c8 U6 s# x: ?
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。, J+ v: h1 Q# L! u  t" L% I1 m' R
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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./ I7 L5 H/ X' X5 c: k

: `% E- K2 @7 U6 |L: 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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