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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。; g0 o! [$ A/ s* J
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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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# S9 @8 C' ?, i$ YM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
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4 p9 B1 u6 H( u& IL: 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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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
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6 h6 h. X6 S1 F- b  j7 X$ U9 P$ hL: 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。+ l* J6 F1 O8 S7 c
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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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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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6 x2 w0 ^. [0 F& VM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?& R3 f( ]8 g2 R8 H% E' M5 f7 P# F

9 V# y7 F% ^! f3 D" j- n5 g) @L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?9 W0 o- S: l% }1 a0 `2 F5 V+ x
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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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.
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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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8 B8 J+ |+ \1 n, ~9 D' lM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!) p3 h2 w0 p7 k
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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* Q3 s6 `' p! N2 J7 Y. ]: ]( T4 M(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)+ f" T& N0 U$ |% Z; m) R8 g( k
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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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9 _! }+ r+ t. u- i; ?M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
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% S' i9 ~5 a( `  k: ~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。, w5 Y1 [9 d' U5 y8 B% M9 s- R8 m
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
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4 e: d6 e% W, [9 }! F+ tL: 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?# z' K( o. V" v1 Q' R

+ _9 p9 `( I, v/ \' Q& A0 u) F, oM: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。& _5 X& s2 |6 A

" ^1 }5 C7 M3 ^% H& H0 p- \1 jM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too., \& V2 f8 R& Q) r5 {

2 t4 S0 I! @+ k) D2 y2 G/ ~  `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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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.- B$ J4 O' m$ T# H7 q
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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.( u, L: t' z5 q4 q& T  f& y% m

- ?+ }  r* G) m$ t& VM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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* P6 ^/ ^2 J" n. A+ B- [L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。* Q+ g' F( }% u/ ]2 v* b# |% J2 [
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!3 ~, e2 c4 x) x8 [

: C, h% s- m: B% U: v. B+ I( g$ H1 [L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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* y" q! m, n  `( g, k6 m( X' FM: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。1 j0 K$ k% Y' N4 p

* N3 X- n& y7 {, d- r) ZMichael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。8 e8 N  U9 Q8 l1 Z; N
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