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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。" p/ _0 c' q1 I7 l  ~

3 k% b" U3 x5 q# J# f% nL: 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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$ P0 s4 M$ ~, E$ c) c& lM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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5 w/ Z# v, `. t+ v2 P; y/ P! ^- JL: 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?9 K7 N! }1 s) d* i; P

: e( ?* d& y$ M0 b" ]M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.+ K8 O; t, R8 S7 J' V0 Y$ k

: b3 c; e; ?  z' H+ NL: 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。7 T2 F% Z6 ]# t, n1 }

) Y# B1 K9 K; g9 `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.( }( O. b  i& u6 s& d

8 S' N3 h& ]# ?! 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?. T: f/ g. W* {7 z( U" j" |2 ]

( H8 J0 |9 u4 K5 t/ N/ [& wM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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& d! `( T8 P9 y8 P6 aL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?5 N3 d  G# i' t6 E" i

9 W/ L) N) j+ S/ h" G# `/ TM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." @1 g$ a/ Q  v; {0 Z* ~  ?
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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?
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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." a6 T) ]+ H# h: C9 ^
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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?
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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!9 f, p, o# y- t7 _: Z
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
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/ y1 c; I; E5 ~6 m* N4 q$ v+ |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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/ |# D5 z( {1 ~1 k1 u. p1 h' ^M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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+ E  T) ^4 s6 F& W9 RL: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。* J9 e% V9 [1 o3 e- p) M

+ K6 _7 Q! l5 j% s, l6 L3 B: S) NM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.# H" T* F3 L' ^) ^# s

# e& H5 s7 b; F" RL: 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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4 U/ o* }: {. a$ w( KM: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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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; Z2 K: k( _3 z. S

4 ]+ j0 b6 f; G, h# _$ X5 y' c5 x3 ]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?
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8 n% t, y7 z, N/ @$ H3 ]M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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9 ]6 n4 ~/ s; l% h$ o5 D! \' qL: 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.8 {1 @3 L5 ~2 f
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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。$ E5 m2 N* e" M* n! W
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!2 o( N' ~' g% E8 ^9 {7 R! k( L

, |/ k9 P1 p% |5 C# V- BL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ y8 T, m2 _4 G1 k* o9 D8 [' ?: g
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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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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# [4 a6 p, Y6 K9 l, P- q4 ?+ a
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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。7 t4 P' U( x$ q( ]: e; z
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