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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。- m, N6 g. M) [+ l* m, L" r5 ?
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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!
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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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+ H7 X. `( u3 c6 z* FL: 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?" N9 k( g8 ]! A# X1 I- r

* s- c$ `6 N, k0 g" C1 v6 OM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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3 S4 X. y  L; D/ S' \2 d. ]( uL: 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。" J  k  e# s- d* a4 C$ W6 k) A
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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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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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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?% u/ H# S: W9 @6 k+ K
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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?5 ~# C) |$ v" Z- h

8 R* _( x, y) ~$ r+ {* bM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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?7 `  m) H" E' Z2 w5 E! J
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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.0 W- h  k2 s- _# n2 S* j- O! C5 g

* _7 S5 @% q0 B/ zL: 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?# O6 F* [& M) T7 C* c

7 y  a$ L9 Q5 m( `# `" DM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!' B) G0 c* C% T) `" g/ b

5 k5 D' W6 L3 [$ @6 k1 DL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!# F) T' F* ~4 R& h

, P1 T9 ~% S8 r: H5 m* A( e' D(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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* f* ^  K/ `. |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。7 @! ^9 J# t6 P: e

3 C% X5 X  o% M- U! HM: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。: s& F0 J/ N$ R
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.+ L2 s: O2 B* x/ {5 `& 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?& @. e% a( l9 Q9 L5 I- T8 Z& r

- J5 N7 X2 j( f+ Z9 DM: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。
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" J# ?( ~5 h- V6 l- p9 S! z4 bM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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* r8 Z* u; ~2 Y2 j3 qL: 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?& I! N' T2 [( W) l7 ?5 }

; D1 \9 D% @; B7 h5 x! \6 S  }* a0 FM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 G7 Z. R" w3 ^' y. t' }5 E& r3 B6 o
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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.& r/ i  R$ Y/ Y; Y! y, o5 t
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% m4 Y$ ^; l$ l! o4 N

# J6 H( L$ D& n# rL: 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!! u! I" _) s8 N6 a; P7 u

# \+ U8 }# a- i0 [! xL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; C+ y( A: P$ Z$ h+ ]+ Y$ S
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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.: q; D: a4 S, E! x

, Q3 ^- `  J0 ]" K- y1 YL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。9 u1 A0 y7 q7 n+ u! [
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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。$ c8 |4 N0 K3 J4 D
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