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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。! l3 p* }* c& i* b1 h- [, \. ?

! \4 f  L0 I8 ]9 LL: 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!+ v+ W1 i" Z) V' [
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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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) o" O3 g/ \5 bL: 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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. S. r2 w/ D5 ]; p$ p* h/ sL: 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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7 _1 A$ s$ }% |) uM: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.. A$ f. P0 Y1 L3 d
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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?. ]* O$ c; {- i: x+ i) D- `

* l4 C$ @1 c+ V* P' p4 `) jM: 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.  S: x9 v' m9 \1 v
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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?3 m3 G- d# O/ Z
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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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( W7 r0 c! g0 ML: 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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8 Z6 ?- U2 L* n% iM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!/ W4 `# H$ }2 X9 s' |
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( t: \* Y3 v' b

2 S4 |4 y8 p1 p0 m6 R: J% \(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。
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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。) `& T2 J7 A4 I/ i6 y2 D9 J
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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* ?% V7 V- v3 a- M% Y% K; `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?3 p5 a6 q# n+ e% W  G

) h, x) V: Z& n, r1 }+ h2 nM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 L5 u: L" E7 G" q1 m
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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。2 J) @% q% |% r: b0 l* H4 ~3 ~

& [/ a; V% p+ k( `+ ^4 U3 nM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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7 v6 _; C! f8 cL: 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.  L: m" ]+ q2 K

3 w; h2 T3 O& n( LM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?0 {1 I/ e8 p5 r; \6 d, }
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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。1 B/ L+ e: z( f" f- m1 H6 g: Q

( H* @5 ^/ e$ qM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!' i2 K1 W' G) q  X5 q) {$ O
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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  i3 e! F: W. 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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5 s0 |. x0 L, B( e. l- H. y& M9 @& V3 vL: 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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! h7 v( U" a6 X( j- g$ P# rMichael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。, O5 U: Y' Z3 U# k
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