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。( V. t( Z8 A8 H$ c1 ~+ y0 L
, Q6 F. D B8 B) O) q& dL: 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! " O1 g( n6 r7 j' J7 h7 `, m) ?' i2 P8 c: L
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 6 `+ X. @# E3 E% s8 p0 t% h: H% m% h. _( p7 `3 j
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?7 I$ Y( I9 n8 q/ M/ I( P3 i
3 u7 D( j, B, {& ?M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& u% O& x# r9 ]/ F
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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。 P4 }9 V7 f# m1 q+ j
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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., K6 I1 r0 O- g4 c) A
H8 n# ?( C; }. SL: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? - N. y# Q# Y# k& s- Y: l2 ^2 }3 T
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 1 M% |1 h( D, H- Q0 A 1 e; A* Z: @) x; J' rL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ ~) e Q9 q" O, J
0 ?+ M$ I, H. I" RM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.& Q1 e* Y$ V' r
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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? 0 X, }0 e8 b Q2 d0 x ' \( W: N" e$ e: Z, N6 \$ `7 ^5 HM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 5 x( A" ^# s) ]# U Q; B% ^ 8 e4 V) j$ x' f+ V& V& zL: 噢,你说得可真轻松,没关系,因为你不喜欢她。好,那你告诉我你喜欢哪个女孩呐? ( m) y' @" _: V: ?& n $ M$ W7 V1 J2 L4 x! kM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!" B' l8 K. _; v4 \) n1 u! t. M3 ?
6 U8 J, c# A! Y! _+ f. n" wL: 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。 4 S* w: y: p* T. G, n3 o* p2 |- V& w1 W; q% P( d8 ], a" ?5 ?
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.7 e& C6 r- U$ z- n" ]
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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。 ' V1 H( v# y+ a( z5 |! ~ u, T' A. I8 F2 ?6 T/ m# T- }6 Q
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.3 R4 \# ?; B% K+ i4 m
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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?$ b0 d& z# ^3 g4 K
! z8 L4 B. {) A! ?M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 h- Q0 N6 l0 w& o$ d. K6 {) g A
4 Z7 y, C5 | c# J7 d; M) NL: 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 p; t, p5 G: g4 K0 }5 p * f9 _' g1 C4 Y2 B5 K) T6 c3 jM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 8 z" J1 J D( C5 K8 _9 ^% ^ ' m% p1 W" N! P2 b( qL: 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? ! H: \+ F7 d4 O0 T0 t j* M. m4 f, r5 R9 R: B& }& ^
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 2 n1 {7 ? q% Q% y3 ?$ G6 U8 Q+ H$ s3 P/ T
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.8 H) V( X. s- W1 @3 j
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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。; R2 {% o% t2 {& L# q9 H* z
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!0 m A1 P x5 X' q
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 $ S' b5 M' T: x, r 7 x3 n, j3 O) c* i3 oM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. * T* b; s& P: k( x) `3 y- b1 _% ^/ L, _7 s: Y6 n1 P# e" V
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。0 C& I: s2 V2 r& i
# q! J6 o* p$ D! y | Y8 J Q; A" \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。 # w- S# _4 a; c2 A( Q' }; o以下为音频:5 U' }% ? w* d' X" n9 q' g