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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。) t. Q8 `3 i9 X. {" ?+ t5 M5 R; I
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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!4 B$ N1 V) ]. B/ F: Y6 b. G$ g
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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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9 T9 m( x  s5 E* J. y, q% |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?8 E1 Q9 g8 B# ~

+ W6 l  S7 i& N- x6 K& c: qM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* I/ K6 @. H  {8 ^

4 R* c$ s1 X# Q$ g3 y: M7 kL: 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。  t& ?% k) Y1 ^7 d2 d1 D

. J7 I" r: I1 N* k: w  pM: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?
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 q+ {% u2 h* J6 L; y9 q+ U" s0 G

1 u- D+ P% S' Q0 ^! OL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?
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9 R. s, ]9 ^: m( h) g! d2 ZM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.2 N3 Y$ [: C# k8 X) o1 G

2 [1 C  Q1 w! N! sL: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.
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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?/ ~9 v* ?5 d' }" ^5 o) h) S

* d3 p  M# e1 G" x0 RM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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& [! Y  o4 K' M1 m( M6 WL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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; R$ f+ X8 Y  {; h! ^(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)% r: b% j! l2 B' t6 m
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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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5 z% s6 w3 W( ^" sM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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. k* }5 e& |' L# Q) b1 g" iL: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。. D+ u7 p- k  s, `

9 e1 g7 `0 i! N: h/ qM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.1 j& Z# N" N& [/ c/ z$ a

" v; q: b" o. B5 _6 N# AL: 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.& t( b# L9 c9 C0 d, E" `
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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.
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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?
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3 P! b6 M8 O- WM: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.
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8 B% d+ I4 A2 t6 l5 _M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 b, Q" W8 y9 o9 X. A* e! G

' w, V$ T% A1 g5 J9 w0 _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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9 g3 }1 h# o. H% i0 }! l5 z+ V* _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。' I1 @3 Y. c! {% N3 P6 w

+ @, f8 E- r( `/ r9 nM: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。
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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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