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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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/ w% s7 r1 N( u* E/ b4 l  y* Y# ~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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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.% e4 i" B" k0 Y' H- S

$ m  M; K2 U% u# k1 ~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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: X& {8 W' {1 L, f* p7 z! ~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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! A9 Y. ]2 o$ F# V, @3 w0 A0 ?* RM: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?; a* `" a8 s7 v2 e0 v; _

! B4 _5 @: }  o( \1 \+ QM: 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?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.% J1 g. b& P2 L9 i; S: g

/ L; K% h; r- [7 h* @/ RL: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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) n" C5 j% G5 O0 FM: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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1 n( g/ U" V- Y( K! x- Z0 `4 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?6 f0 Y; B6 X& G* M9 Z/ n8 P
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!
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" I, b3 |" R/ T; U# Z, F+ ?+ ]; q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)# q3 d2 G3 \0 r
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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。$ n. F9 G" P( L7 ^
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.' O2 e+ k* K7 V# _) b
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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。' [  [, c; p5 c; Z6 h0 A; \

' P! |' ?  j( ^& j7 S% \4 XM: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?4 |2 q/ f, z, M% P. O4 T
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.! J% u; @1 d" i' p$ Z

  }) a: n) _$ vL: 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。( B- }: T' Z9 R7 s
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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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' [4 g) P3 ]7 }6 t+ DM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.5 T" `/ o0 }$ w7 }

6 {& P0 \: a  h* A! NL: 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 c* {$ y) x+ Z2 ^M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?0 }$ [# v/ @5 i. J6 N; P! p. r
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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。8 Q0 @/ E! l% N1 k
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
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$ M# \6 [" e) Y0 J( VL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ a/ f" V) D- `" h
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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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  w# E5 J8 n9 ML: 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。: A- x$ P# f  k( @
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