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。 & C B: w3 m4 m " U$ m2 A1 q9 iL: 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! , A. m, W) G/ I* r% m4 a& U8 K9 S: J( O
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. ! r! Y1 g3 Q- c* _! C2 l: l$ L1 n( _/ i8 Q
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 G+ S) c5 H6 |% |
S- F4 s N! u4 X1 F5 yM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; P9 N; S/ m% Z4 S: ]# B6 Z
; C: ?' U; q. l7 ^( iL: 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 [- b- d3 x& T7 Z
9 y, f* O2 ~/ B8 _+ Z# b1 ]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. / k. ^- L6 ?9 i$ N @ $ j) W; s9 O2 ]; J1 UL: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?- O1 N- C5 U7 W. X# o' R
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 H3 [5 w2 Y- d
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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? + G1 [$ T. @2 d2 U8 d * X$ m( G5 D- V8 yM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 2 {' n% [9 U: i: g* b / z; g& @; v, mL: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? 7 X$ [% c# S0 G# R$ N 7 [* V- K: u' x' G, ~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.: h( v( n$ G1 v8 V9 j
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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? ; K. g3 d: o1 o: P* N; E # n# L2 K4 S/ I4 BM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!2 e! y7 ]/ ?: K& v* u# w1 N6 _0 K
( q- E% v& E) @7 @L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! - [+ @- f' o' V# h8 l5 G3 b5 j f3 N5 m& M1 q, F; ^- ^
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) ) G# J% r7 ~5 w1 E A8 @( h& G% @5 l- u7 e
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。4 {' s& r! \ s6 K8 ]2 V4 g& i
- E5 g% @. ^5 b7 LM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. ; a* q1 ^7 B6 a$ [! R" t, f+ M. Y! H( q
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 c u9 c+ w" M7 k1 W; s 8 k- k( D) e+ E1 r1 Q8 j. D& lM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 3 `# Q6 ~5 g' b8 j6 z- E6 }) X. }& D' b4 B
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?- S: J" H) e" J$ I
- h4 J. E0 X! N# GM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. & _' {. D8 }* G1 [ ) L; u% M/ ?& M& ? p* ?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。2 X( ?$ y9 ?$ m* \, |) Y1 ^3 b
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. ! E9 h2 `; X& F1 O+ ~% z. K b) Y* A y! J: i) H
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? : m0 U4 e0 h: Q2 ?: O" P; b% I4 a$ @( {" H1 Y$ H* c% @& |0 {
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 1 ]8 G3 L7 R, F4 L / X l1 n9 r' N, e' hL: 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. ! r7 M# w# O: @) S& S0 ? a5 X3 l* k, ^/ ]+ I5 S: V
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?4 d: o' p; k% l* Z
# J- @" O- F+ P; f7 Y# z4 QL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 : B. X! J4 t W0 o4 a ! ]7 g4 M+ l+ Q+ T4 e) ?M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!( P- X$ {: h7 z( H
) S! O; Y' H7 T$ b* Q4 uL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 + Y2 e2 L7 q* C. f( K- p1 u$ T$ @+ T! T# l' d0 t3 ~7 W- {. ^8 {
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. , q0 o4 \' z, G + z A/ \0 \* PL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。% D* ]6 w$ Z/ k- ~0 b- Z: ^
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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。$ j' m6 `; Z, ]* p4 w. l
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