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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!2 h% D$ u- C! P+ W+ z, H' q0 r# G
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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.# S, `% l* Q, B8 ~) B! E( B

! z& `) s8 h3 I' qL: 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?" Z6 I/ D; g# v

4 L# e$ C" L/ ^4 f2 F# r6 {# v1 E3 o. BM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 q( h% T" p0 p8 z! e

& d# I& I" M" y0 u6 V& A( C% wL: 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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% a/ ^# Z' I% H! B3 \+ k% rM: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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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?, k5 e2 y! E5 l2 c5 H& U

5 a8 i/ X$ Q& x9 G% IM: 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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( F3 h, o! F/ \+ _M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.. g% X1 |' W- K- }0 A. T
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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?
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, ]+ m5 y% O8 K9 `4 |' X/ h; f+ xM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway., D  D( M9 W6 R6 G' T( ?

9 ]' B1 }: u+ j! x- l" kL: 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?- t% s. ?& a' t* N" B+ F

# g" [9 L0 L1 J& |M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!) A' `& _/ X# f% T
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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' j* f4 R* [/ x6 R2 f(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位); d* Z* X/ z+ q, a0 j! O2 [
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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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1 U9 K1 b; r( L: @7 p! V' V5 J; \M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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+ \' a5 `' B; Y7 {, B" |3 E& ]# OL: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。8 h% d% P* |) y, [
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.! O& k, A" }& W9 j& u
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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?) K) R2 z* r; A, o% ?/ l1 j

& e  x  @( w, H+ B8 k: p- cM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.9 `* v+ t( ~/ Q  N

8 Q' D% `; i2 p$ Q, A, nL: 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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# h. x' ?; y  i: ~; o. w1 ^M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! w4 y9 h3 `8 c$ K2 W' S- `* K
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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 I. G: |1 T, ]* |" R
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.# g, u& K  @. U- J/ \' \* W

$ [2 U' w6 G2 o2 [9 P8 e; j% v: K, bL: 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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1 @+ A& k) C) QM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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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。% b+ ~" V0 f+ g% F! \" b

& G$ t% I' V3 ~1 @) S& W. vM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! X8 c4 A' i: A- x. N& N* R6 f
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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, H" C$ A& b7 p# \) J/ S& \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 g  C6 e( |' hL: 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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' m1 G* c% B. V7 ?4 E( QMichael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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