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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。; \1 U; B5 p( x0 b! y# z

0 r1 _4 J$ P$ R& g" N5 g4 bL: 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.+ r6 s6 Y9 m0 Q7 y. j9 O& G# D3 |3 m
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L: 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?7 H, [$ E  Y  O

6 o; @$ u, X" X! VM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.3 L; q$ T7 Q7 n0 v4 R

) |+ \9 U! s' b# I3 f# l2 b3 K4 cL: 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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) f/ X9 i% ^; L8 N# i2 n! U" 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.
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( J4 ^: g6 g& \* bL: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?" L) S* A* c" [. h: o
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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?6 F; \2 C2 T/ k8 ?/ G8 V
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M: 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?: ]( c& T1 K0 V3 y! K  h/ L
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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.' {+ k; v3 e3 V; l4 {

4 B5 V) }& R; EL: 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!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!8 ]* l) p2 ~. Z/ F% c) `* P# ^

2 T  r" q% P- E& P8 z( L7 }* G(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。9 z9 [* p# |4 j8 ^" B9 ~

! b0 E6 L9 ~2 P+ `* M7 XM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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0 V2 a+ V/ V/ I) _0 ]. ?$ k% ^# FL: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。
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.( I0 J; P9 M3 F0 g; ^

$ `: Q3 T" L3 i# u' K  B! Q8 zL: 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  z, s7 W4 Y/ ?/ K' o
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.9 ?: G* [/ T9 {# J
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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。$ {8 D6 j; K  O
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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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?  \2 x2 B" E  S' q, Z
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* V& w# R9 W; o

) I8 U  H$ C6 m$ ]# g- ^* ^9 R; P$ |; 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.6 T* E3 b1 y  j2 W$ l/ R
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( D1 G0 j* U  n$ Z+ p7 J
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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。' D. F1 R! z8 q1 i" D8 e$ v

6 O2 O" d. z; N% `; dM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!9 I& |; k4 _4 M; C9 @3 A- O  S

. F; H2 ~3 T. F5 y" E' B# q1 SL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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: c% Y" u' _2 ]$ f3 LM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.5 E( W! X: @( c

% C9 h9 o) g$ c& j4 X- Q2 vL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。4 J' F% @0 [% w$ p/ g

; A. A+ Z$ T0 iMichael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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