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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。5 \; @" B' C, O2 u! {( r8 \
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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!  j3 T' Z  q! b+ V

, O# M- R4 I, e4 Q' aM: 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.
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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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6 d, t+ l' \+ M5 a" 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.4 c3 c$ }% M) v& S' B  u, f
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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?- q- g" S0 S8 I

; ]5 Z3 j; f+ n: F5 R8 E% nM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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& T0 U: O" P  c% nL: 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 O% A* c- r% DM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
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0 J# I8 j* a) f. ], [+ J4 YL: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?+ Q; a* q5 h: H# e  Z1 _# x  \
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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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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 a6 j9 q% C# H/ ?& M- z

; W& {* |2 x" f, y& W( Y, UL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)2 ?7 G2 [! ^% S7 {5 R- y& ]
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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。: h! T+ p8 G! G7 X4 u- j

# d% d$ W) ?+ i( Q, rM: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。
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6 N9 ~0 N2 c" U4 F; u% }5 _+ {M: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?
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
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9 S! \/ b. {8 V7 O+ n& J  `5 eL: 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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- Y+ l: U+ H7 |M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
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/ e0 I8 A8 e0 t! ~+ `: dL: 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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& n5 E, x4 p& @  ZM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 c1 z) m8 ]7 I- T

3 e* W" Z; ^- _1 C4 VL: 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?$ d' o6 H+ Z! m/ Y2 W4 t3 B
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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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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!" R9 j' i4 L* V" X5 K4 L
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。/ A$ w9 b) a2 H1 l0 p
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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.
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- V4 @, [0 G4 nL: 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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6 p2 _0 s& f2 vMichael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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