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。7 h* R* Y% k7 A9 H; e
6 P% x. H+ F/ q% i, }: eL: 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!% d# k, q# C2 H; }& Y
9 O9 S7 Y+ v# v; E, L* b0 B" m9 \M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. ) O8 B7 A- V3 K/ \# Y& N# K0 y/ C9 e6 ^1 ]
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? : f9 J% v! P- j* A5 }8 B( l v, Q1 S6 r2 e) C% X* s5 eM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.$ n5 |5 `& a4 j" Y8 Q
% A+ S6 B- K" R; J- d' Z2 wL: 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。# E" Z- b, g ~( ?; V
: }+ Y0 s0 R2 XM: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. : v' l. w( u9 E& n5 n y: U6 o p! X+ t0 T5 X, [! v0 D+ E) oL: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? j0 O7 J! j0 Y8 T. r2 \
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? / T3 L$ ]% ]5 e! _: _; d9 x" K$ d, V1 a! e5 I/ ^2 a. R
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?) L8 m q& I) y: f& z% ?
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' k9 J" m8 B; ]1 {+ M
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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? & d. T7 h2 z6 Y4 b, J) x8 g) x 8 L" V! U6 y) {% y; w7 @" RM: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- ^, Y' Q3 f Q6 c* J, z* q! _. r- S" _% |2 t1 S
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?$ L, A$ b9 L' Q
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!3 D( m- N# P |6 f W
; } X9 c4 T! E% P$ G: }9 h! v( lL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! . c0 L$ u# v) h1 u* {. e8 c8 B " H* T d$ o1 j( F(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位): @5 z2 F- }( F) F
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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。 [; r8 r8 Y' N# D- ~9 }
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.9 c' l8 @/ c* N7 a2 b1 ~; ]/ _
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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。* j5 x9 j6 j( n/ \) M- ~& d8 v; e
1 H5 o( C; |5 j6 m+ NM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.% z" t8 ?; a2 q
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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? % h; P' b2 G* L. v! ~ : f2 U4 w7 O/ jM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 {: \ p7 ^* T6 r3 X# ]$ } c k
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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。 0 K* V) j1 C# N# O! {5 O( | 0 r8 ~% q9 g+ W# U. nM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. $ K9 m# @; _, e* W U) k! \2 r9 e2 Y4 h% HL: 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?7 Z; w, q! X/ u# X! f8 }
q# |4 k" g" |* z* ? O3 M3 |M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. : r0 M. y. s3 l6 x( ?! c $ V1 z8 o4 g" x+ ]& 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.1 N4 I! q+ r) f
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?. c6 Q8 f+ ^3 o
3 i. t1 i( v1 m* o* p( @8 ]L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 k! j9 u# f. Q; @
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!2 K( h+ N" u: ~* ~- d- F. H3 f
9 m9 |+ M) Z: l& iL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 2 V5 a! o# o9 D# L; f- u- l; \% }
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. : S. t* }, K+ t7 v# K3 U, `( ^& a0 z" M2 p) b \
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。9 @; B6 H+ f1 F
* w( H' y) s9 W8 LMichael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。- f- r; l! r- Y9 l3 U+ [/ r# n
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