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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!
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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.  Y" f/ [6 H% l1 O; ^* Z6 N0 T$ V% ^

5 q" Q+ w* c: x" S9 _0 A. mL: 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?- `( f( @+ K+ C# P* t' p

2 `2 {/ S9 A2 H; K( l$ rM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.8 K7 x# T3 C) v1 P2 G" R4 i

, Y/ f7 _1 V( D+ x# W$ ~. N  h8 E% bL: 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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" l- H6 l+ s9 l( \' dM: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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7 w5 v% Q5 P1 x7 WL: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?+ p: W2 q, K  W5 R" C

4 o- T1 |: J' A# A7 {" j; cM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- m7 b8 r, Y- e& U

5 E" Q6 U- n2 J- E/ ^' M$ ]# oL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?+ L  \5 g# T3 g
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.2 r% r/ `; d" ^

/ B! F% i; j. v( {! S. G& x2 yL: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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" [& [; |8 i9 f# cM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.1 r! M- V& r$ ?) ?, _! N

7 f% n$ _6 j" w# Z6 SL: 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!+ G. A0 Q( d3 I/ q. B2 O
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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7 M2 s' [5 ^5 Z) y( M3 m1 w1 X(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)1 P4 [$ b0 R- S- m+ F

% P; |5 D0 b. HL: 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。4 J0 }3 b' Z- B" h* V, y  T- m

' M" }5 V' `* j5 |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。* T+ U, o1 |- @4 y; r' J( ~
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.2 }2 A' h' L9 M" A) Y6 t$ V1 @

0 n8 I  }) a& {7 hL: 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。. _5 w' P  g4 H$ V/ p" ~  L
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.' w* t1 x5 F7 g! b' c

4 z/ S1 W( o" T3 m$ h* s8 ^6 dL: 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?$ U$ S* x# {& P

- n- P* {' A" b: p9 ^! F) \4 I# f+ a& T4 JM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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8 f/ W8 f; M6 w7 U4 [# AL: 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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  o1 m: h; S: M/ _M: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。
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$ p1 u3 J$ V0 X& pM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!5 U. X; r/ R8 h  r- y
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; {- M3 ~0 J& q

$ J1 q6 H8 {9 W. fM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.6 A3 c) V6 b; Q# i8 b

% d* f" j3 d4 Q, Y  a; m1 d. ^' cL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。/ Y1 y& t1 p, e. {! c. r

; n3 Q3 v  V8 }/ F& K% ]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。3 U1 _. `  F% I  r1 o! J
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