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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。% o6 \! [, J; N0 G6 U' A4 ?

4 p( @& y/ V( Z: O, 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!
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% T& S' e' W6 i: [7 p) a4 u) HM: 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?
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.6 [4 W- B0 ~5 ~# \" ?. N
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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。
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  h" k  U% _2 |* V) x  tM: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?
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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?/ o/ z" G$ W! a+ K6 ?5 g/ P; x

- H0 y6 Y! I0 ?. ?/ p6 G- ^/ T% KM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.0 x' ~) h% [# ~. F& u0 J
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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?+ c% g0 n& U3 h

3 ~* H% U3 S; I' B6 C1 i$ yM: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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. ?' a& M  Y7 W, a1 D' OL: 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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2 M) @+ l, ?# I" z) \M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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& |7 o, z- Y. U: ^0 nL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!, A: R  y$ W: z" ?7 q: n  E* b# h/ s

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; A, `) x9 n5 o$ m( w- u2 U) cL: 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。: o! k) D+ F! P8 m, x* v- }
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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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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。" B; `; q4 E, i

5 p: L7 z$ |  R' g3 F- s: UM: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?% r9 A( V  ~. [$ r' M

( K, j8 y8 U/ Y% H! L( R! @M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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: f( W* P8 r" |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。: R: }$ W* x) r+ X9 G# j# C5 Y1 G+ r5 j

8 W0 K+ E( d" ]) J) M4 |M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* ]- B/ k0 i. R$ c- b
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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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9 h$ b% S  |7 B: F) xM: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.  K: \# J( {* A& {2 _6 \( C
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
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. t* B2 N, y5 YL: 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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  W% J' v' x  q; oL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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5 t) b9 D8 {7 _5 D! a: {M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.& r2 ~# V0 ]: {. n

4 d* V8 c9 B, `9 X& m: u: p( f2 ?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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" S% T  H( {5 x1 |" D7 JMichael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。, \. y0 p' _: U7 ]) z5 C9 \) O4 x
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