流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

Xbfeng

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。
; Q7 H3 s1 }) p! o) j' M8 D  ~
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！
: W. Q, r1 E8 U7 h9 }" `- ~
/ O$ ~2 `. i' LM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
! {0 y5 p4 r9 v, h3 i1 f$ P2 J, C
# B# m0 \" C6 DL: 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？
- [; y' I, f+ |. B  D2 x+ ]
2 n: S0 z0 b# v+ Z$ e* HM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.

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。
: i" J' q; l/ k  K! X
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.
% M6 o9 n# C7 ]% s$ D. \
. y$ u% C) p1 g9 w+ ?: I+ c2 qL：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？
- t. @' S: _% I  C0 x0 ]
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?

4 v% Z: f( ]7 o3 z/ ~L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？

* y0 v/ k, c. }* h! dM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
" O: ?& J* t: X( D
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？
) ^5 J" a) j% S7 g, J* O* [2 y9 K
# j6 ?" s# n5 u* L# ^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.
$ m( j5 e% v! R0 s9 F, H3 e
6 `8 g4 p$ ^6 |5 o9 cL: 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？
0 i0 {3 G" h9 X4 {
9 f1 _$ C+ \4 a+ DM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！
( p( L4 ~. ^- v3 _; l3 c
/ M, ^4 F0 A) C" b+ z' H5 Q(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)

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。
# A  R* y" F; a& Q9 _
M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
8 m2 I/ \1 c7 r$ H  x1 B
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。
1 h8 t, C. Y; x8 T  l
M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.

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？

3 I7 U0 q. t7 a$ yM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

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。
' ?: t# _) c+ o) h0 R9 V. c3 R
M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
1 b' z% P/ ^+ F- _8 o* I
# p6 Y: ^& C2 h( k% BL: 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?

5 u/ N# x% F  Y! C* JM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

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.

M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?

8 L" O. i; H* R8 ]* z) i- n. TL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。

M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
9 L2 B! a! X0 E/ j7 [2 y% h  D* g
# S/ j! q. C/ F; v9 Z$ |5 vL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。

M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
( y  H# M0 l6 X, P% t# Y/ z
L: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。
) t3 G  ]' N( d" B
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。
* |8 X7 D- @0 s1 d以下为音频：
4 {! c. r  t( B& m3 }* h0 b- I