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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。* e3 w- H3 L7 c

1 o: w* |  F) ~  n; l& xL: 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!  n4 @( I0 \8 U4 ?1 C, H) H

4 f* L& @1 q; c- d7 ?% c  mM: 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?9 m8 M- u6 h- @- k
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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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3 t; \6 W6 G( l% aL: 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。: V, M+ r+ q0 ?. }
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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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2 A% p& N* M. U; k+ dL: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?
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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?& [' j, D- _8 T! J7 N+ O

% Y9 G9 D6 k3 ~M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.# l0 E* h/ A2 j5 G4 L& o2 O
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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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% A" ?8 o( ]. u' z1 zM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.$ o. T2 N' w9 H0 ~4 p6 x2 x4 d7 Z
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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?1 u7 V( T3 O0 M/ ?' i9 A- Z

- z4 f. u! R2 g) jM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!' t4 s" J' t# m7 B' c

) T1 O- l1 [0 k- N6 v5 ]2 hL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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1 O2 W" O- ?. R. `1 t2 {4 k( R5 N(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)* l) c" x$ Q+ N3 S+ Q
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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。. p; l7 }/ F" C' ?5 K8 X; B

: V& t( {( y: `$ x8 d& L7 @+ x  gM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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$ J4 ~0 b' j* CL: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.
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& |2 ^# ]! M" d# H1 S* A* oL: 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.
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; K  K$ X! {8 y: H; gL: 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。7 {5 [8 a: ]1 v8 r: T
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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& C2 o$ U9 c7 [% OL: 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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% E* I1 N2 o* ^1 ]- l. rM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
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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.8 x5 K' }6 s4 D' F/ ?+ U

/ C; K9 }" w# N) j- SM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?4 x! ~5 `2 _' I# |% Y& U+ d8 v

$ K0 p# u' s% f. k6 FL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 j6 U( }( E- F! Q0 w- w+ V
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!$ e' d" ^' Q8 i' m
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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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./ k/ ]% L- b; ~, i

9 x9 L" m+ }5 q, o$ {L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。& ?' ^1 c8 f( m' s
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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。
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