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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。
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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!
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2 E* U+ y: x  O- _M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.) g7 |3 l3 U$ d

- U( Y2 Y8 T4 @& S4 D7 ~( f  i. mL: 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?
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' k  u5 |3 j; B+ a* B! [3 |M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.% N9 Y" k5 n8 d; e# e

$ W' R- N6 B3 Q4 X' mL: 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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# L$ J! v; V# m- A$ B3 u! S3 \" a& gM: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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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?# n6 k2 {$ U# J; N/ m5 S/ L
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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$ w' k2 M$ G" S/ r+ z7 @) Y8 PL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?. D' Y' `: g2 {
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.6 w5 t' w" M) y. s* B
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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?. u5 ?$ `; {2 c
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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.
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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?3 F- E; v! I8 B4 e5 m
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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% k, ?7 s7 ]8 L' bL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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9 [: N4 \, O& ]! P2 t7 W% h, A/ q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)7 I$ h0 {& I5 D3 O
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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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) C3 b3 V- N1 q1 GM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.9 L+ z/ U& T9 ^& X3 [* f
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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。& L: A/ S, r/ H- ~

* k/ w* h/ X+ n$ Z" D1 ?5 VM: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?8 i% }4 ], f0 C0 y

3 |- `; [- a- h: J! E) zM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 j, k; s7 w8 C
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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。- H0 a, K+ g1 w+ W8 c4 R+ A) r
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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) J# Z4 m2 v$ `$ s+ WL: 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?/ ^1 j$ S& S& X9 u+ ?
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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1 Z1 g9 z5 Z. i: E) ?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.
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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& a, g; r9 k6 ^) UL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。2 G) Q1 L, H  S. `9 x

9 C1 D2 M/ ]! B7 C$ W8 r0 lM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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; b5 |$ @- W% ]L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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1 e# O% t0 ]5 K" iM: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。+ y% M7 I- H9 k% u# {" U# d

# w) R3 Z, i  v$ UMichael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。. M7 ^7 p* f) Y
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