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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。; F# N; _$ _* B$ y# ?
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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!0 r8 t2 x' U% [" u# F6 X

+ G; }5 g# g" [: @M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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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?( W& w: [+ \( Q' A5 @5 b# O( x

9 u% V8 v' ?  p( ?" IM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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L: 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。2 ~' N5 _0 Y# ]; K1 }  v7 V3 _
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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.! X% T; y2 @' g/ Q: O2 o

4 S* S( B( X2 S! |L: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?/ ^& R8 J0 E4 |: a4 ?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?6 N6 ~1 e) b/ ]( g8 f5 ~7 h, |& I
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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?8 H- M$ B1 ^) B( }

9 B( z) N# h+ _, `6 c+ EM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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4 A9 T0 a' A* {, T% oL: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?7 }% v4 F& s, n, y: ~3 h8 S0 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.$ [! O4 q  v: w1 u' K
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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?& x' R: Y! x, K5 J  T
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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$ q2 m% y3 a/ m$ |+ kL: 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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9 ^& Z; s) A7 C( V. ^+ a5 n, PL: 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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. o; F! Q3 E0 l' w" a% {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。
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( R# T% f) n# s. LM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) ^& d$ n5 k% n  O0 V
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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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8 @5 G0 v0 K- I( O  ^) S9 N" q) A9 BM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.6 s# v  b' Y; @6 u# Z' O( g7 _

. p1 `! b/ V4 ^/ C& P$ x: V' H3 RL: 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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. {0 v- S9 e; k) L7 l
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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.# ^3 o. s: }& T: W* j% x

0 V8 Y) t  w: W0 FM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( p6 G6 J, F% b& ?. R4 ?$ m  }
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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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M: 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。! Y1 _1 o. j$ m* Q# f

; L: K' l! H: o' F8 P8 q# q% vM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.0 W- G0 d! p, a' E. r; T. @

3 d$ K7 Z& T4 q7 xL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。  ^) F( T" N1 u2 K0 ^& `. S

9 w' @$ y4 L8 x9 g! r! P4 xMichael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& _4 x# S8 Q. ]# V( E9 Z
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