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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。
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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!3 w8 F. d- }* W3 q  j# R

, b; d; q, K0 x7 K/ UM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.) u! x! g) W# }( b

( ^; G$ O$ N9 o; ?5 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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8 }7 u. A- R" |3 ]M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.5 _) ~2 X8 m8 y! e8 ]& ]3 j

  t0 Z. o3 M5 u  pL: 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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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?: h+ P5 [/ U' M7 F  y& w, H5 y

6 T- |1 f! v- V% d, t: T4 V. S3 tM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
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  ]2 L) m9 H0 ~' B, g0 rL: 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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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- G# ^2 D+ D8 d1 i' u' `% h7 t/ x, U
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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?8 h: k3 v) _( Q

; t9 y2 e, p& D- r& B& Z. o' F+ xM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.# y( {# j% n1 k5 K4 b2 r

+ t' p3 B6 n) c" q- eL: 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?4 n0 V8 Y& y& f
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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) D& H4 F4 P' Z* P/ Q. eL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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+ T% U% {8 Q+ f7 J5 g$ P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' s( d% }2 q8 I( u3 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。
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6 I# D$ h) _" b1 r, |6 d* GM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.: h( }% `; C6 |7 F! c+ l' s" A
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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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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?0 {  z9 p" w3 W
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level./ g% J" p8 Y/ H; G! I0 Y

; b- T9 n9 q9 `7 S, fL: 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.& [6 w! j9 n" |/ b8 r

, w+ \; U. C; q8 `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." [( z$ \% h5 P, ^: T  ~+ Y
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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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! o( x2 {' r4 {) X( b6 C) HM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% I# [$ P1 R5 _( L" ?+ H9 g
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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。% x- A( v% h3 h% h/ x( X; ?
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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. ~, Q" ]# E1 \$ n+ `, Y8 @% y5 cL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。
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, ?& ~5 K* Y' [4 Q* y" a+ i) C, XM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.2 t: u5 \2 \4 w+ i9 v4 o

4 |$ G; j  K' f+ m$ BL: 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。' C5 w1 c* y$ r2 Y. J
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