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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。# C, z& W9 T& Q6 V# u" k

7 P, r% p, b3 c2 @/ g- U* U  g+ jL: 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.% s  ?0 {0 {6 L) I$ B& y/ t

, s: g5 r7 ^3 K# k/ d  j5 _3 sL: 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?$ P4 u0 I# S3 m; y

5 T2 `( H, ^2 m7 o4 ~M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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5 Y# g( j1 a0 O& A, _3 v' d4 U% FL: 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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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.0 }# w: n+ j- B

: x" k" u" Z9 x, h+ iL: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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: ?( X* {$ Q9 Y) y! PM: 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?/ X2 o: Y* ]. k: k' x9 m! e8 d' `

* w( c* i9 I7 }% k3 L3 eM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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( r: ~8 l9 A- j7 t5 R, ~/ E. i3 BL: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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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.% }* v0 N1 u# G2 P6 c; h
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L: 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?5 ^' ?' ]; D0 {7 m( {& }% d" U

% C( i# _3 B7 I) D! `M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!- u1 X# W7 D2 `" x! @8 _

  `# k9 @1 S5 GL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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3 y% X( o! j; j, Y! {  g(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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5 |) s, @) V+ p% fL: 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 j  p) A. E; X

8 k: m. s; ~+ s% S: T3 ]" T- `  ~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。' r% t% K: Q) h  E; M
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.5 t" t+ b  z8 G/ _9 h) c1 j5 b
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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?* M# N0 W; E9 R1 M
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., `1 L7 l3 a0 v' w( E- |: i4 {1 s
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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。1 Z8 ]" R5 q$ w6 M2 O

' ~" Z! u% p2 P! R5 j) \9 xM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! j2 H' S3 q! h

$ \" v+ q- T" r+ N. y. J9 t: \' 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?% ?* p9 I. p5 d
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 V8 `4 T8 x( j) l3 @  Z+ ~& b) r" L4 ^
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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.- u* \2 r0 r( s% I; c
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?0 A0 y. X) V6 a6 U& B9 E) r$ ~1 s4 B4 \
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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。! S7 Z8 D3 x6 ]" D( C6 D6 u

  ?; o# ^1 O3 O1 l5 ~  i* {6 NM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!7 @; q5 W' e7 F) G2 h( }
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" ^' }% g3 m' U& m$ f- \7 _) O/ X
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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.
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6 ~. ~5 [! ^7 ?2 M% P% q, q& dL: 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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& e: M# _1 w) a$ {) ~9 e+ JMichael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。; n( V+ `6 V$ l/ X  D3 [
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