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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。  \: s) j# c6 \1 N
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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!  d& a! E4 ^8 R' E. R

4 D5 t* W0 \: }M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( g/ x8 b& _  Z

, m/ n' U) g. b  i. ]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?& p& M/ W) D  y, Z  Z
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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! l9 C$ s0 k% K* k2 z$ h* Z; QL: 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。8 Y% J5 I! _/ |" J) ]- n
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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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0 K" L/ v4 c5 O  vL: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?; K! {/ f! F; c* v* |1 s( |

3 q0 S6 s# B+ EM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" o2 X8 P4 F+ f' X0 B
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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?: {* V6 S) k; p/ u$ X2 l3 H/ r

* m+ Q( K; F1 K+ w+ Z& vM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." x4 O, {' ~% ]# ^* Z0 @
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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?; ^( O2 A/ K8 \  P  L# |, g6 m

  M3 L! y/ k2 K7 H" lM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.+ I0 y4 h% y2 B+ d. F
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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?$ s% q) U, p0 C8 @* p* A3 j

/ ]  F+ e( z0 {) ]  ^M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(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。
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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' e/ z& E' a8 ^. r! k0 {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。" ]7 P" c5 L: h) _3 N0 ^

0 d% t' \& ?1 fM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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' e1 b* k: G5 X* `- c/ TL: 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?7 w8 r7 q  V/ ]! k

0 T; |5 s" v0 n7 o! a/ `M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.9 g8 w: m( X' n- n0 C" ~3 z: i5 u
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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。4 `7 _& d# Z" i6 N: K5 \1 l+ b: B% M( `; N
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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?8 x* ?$ F8 d, K' o) a" {

: e# D- S0 k6 Z& h' j  kM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. t) l) Y9 E2 R

5 |' W1 @% t+ h% a* k* DL: 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./ n( O3 J, |+ L

, |# |$ \, E, F; u6 CM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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4 G, W( r( N( r, u+ ~5 Y8 dL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。
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  `7 q/ |1 E. [" W) g5 r, m' oM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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2 o2 `8 F8 k/ ^; fM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.( Y. \0 d$ r% e

3 n' ?1 }( E& b! H+ q# G9 d% XL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。- K- n: E% R( \7 }' L6 L
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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。) m- S9 O3 L7 y5 r7 @7 Q9 k
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