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。 2 V0 N3 j/ b U; b# j) P/ u; E1 ` - C, ]" b% ~; s. J, v3 tL: 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!. V. W) n& B/ C
) \" ]6 v3 _- f3 w3 P6 iM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 1 H$ k% i4 X8 m- A# K * d: i& T* T% M: w. g! G/ `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? " u7 H4 N" H! ]7 x# a7 C+ w 8 O# j5 k; \4 VM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 9 Z W1 O8 T u4 @6 P+ G1 G8 ^8 L. T1 d$ y9 A/ ?) {
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。4 a8 G8 H# z0 u) n& H
# g% E1 a; e7 E+ q: [ NM: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. # F& Z4 E' m' t# I9 i* q* m$ r2 z; u( ?
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? : F8 \3 J) w% V/ [4 N& l / n' k: v% g" A8 f8 E4 [M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? - T) f$ W* L( c# x, J% @* v' e% s, v2 q$ _
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?3 O/ M! P5 f. b" P, o1 a5 @- B
7 ?, S6 b+ L" y2 a CM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! N% p5 d8 F% _& P# ^! j
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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? ) x3 o+ b. A* k. c% o, M, V. O 3 D5 T8 Q4 K7 ZM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.* v0 f( L6 ]) D3 ^5 w
/ N( ^8 R+ |! i. S2 `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?1 H+ S2 r3 S7 \1 a2 m
. \5 w: l, g: [. P# MM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!' h! o; d; I4 d s S: _3 w. Z4 k
, p. P, R' ?+ K/ O& X6 JL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! + H7 Z4 ?- T5 l6 Y2 I5 U8 Q) E+ r' C! ]1 L
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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。 - ~3 x+ W/ D3 w; _& N+ k5 X3 V$ \- u ' |4 j; @ p- i0 ^3 M9 J5 aM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 4 Y" H" p4 `5 \' U1 A$ E( B) e# _) x- o: \
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。 Q- ^& a: m8 J ( a; o( \& u& l; h' g+ @M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 1 K$ d* ] l! L3 ~! Q: a8 _/ L * K4 d8 j1 K4 p, ]" |& lL: 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? ; }9 W' Z1 w4 s O : P" j4 V7 Z' J6 c. x. o+ M) EM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.; G2 K2 {! a7 ]- F( T
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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。: d* I$ M1 T1 J8 o$ t; j8 n+ U4 R
: R* p' i; Y, H* R" r7 i, cM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ q8 j6 N' {- K/ V& O2 r& r9 s! A
. Z9 u* x1 D1 ]9 Z) ?8 ^8 E 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 A9 r% l$ E0 E) Q
5 n8 e8 w- k1 t5 IM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. % t6 ?- \" ~1 I$ S5 }% `6 O' p8 {: n6 e
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. 2 d/ i1 a4 s2 T5 q4 _( Y1 G* @, [# {, t $ ^6 n# u/ j2 A; ]2 X, B* zM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?7 S7 X2 X( L' c* U4 C
' R! y5 d O, s# zL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。$ a9 V- K4 D2 u
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 {8 @- ~4 ]6 T7 Q
6 j/ F( O! `7 ^5 SM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 9 d8 e5 t0 b* k0 y: }0 T6 ]8 m 9 U9 t( M' [3 ZL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。9 }* m' q. G4 O# r( p: b* w