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 i7 d5 _1 M1 M. S& [- Z0 r) I5 `$ X. w ~. y
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! ! X7 ^+ ]" N$ g7 r- j% s9 v- z5 r& ^3 p/ `$ Z" \, O
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.$ Y: Y1 k7 i0 t# ^
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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?) v0 q" L- A" j# D
7 N0 z3 n1 I; G* ]M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 9 G9 O/ s) G* F9 Z1 ~# k: R% E! k( l7 f/ O4 d
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。" T3 e$ j1 p2 T d, h- Q Y: B0 D
) _+ R {. x+ x$ GM: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.8 `; X( D# s5 k% Y+ p# W
2 q6 d0 F1 t% k$ w5 j' u- aL: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?; z! g F# |1 V T% Z
; Y9 K* i# g" jM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" U6 i0 a% ^# A" ^# l
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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? # x- C+ D, Y, \1 W9 I' ?$ f' g3 j1 l% g$ n% j$ [
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." T; i& d7 |& l4 S$ H
# w6 ~7 T0 h; R% J/ T) s3 r9 R1 l1 XM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.; s5 \4 u5 P: ]
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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? 2 Z- M f( l! B0 @* ]' C* z. v , C& x: A- t! ^4 O& K- eM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ( i; J* g. P' w W/ \% R, n2 y& o# u9 Z8 t3 V) F# C
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! * b5 `" v$ x* {# f8 N6 K0 N - e9 C: G) T7 s- V(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) & ^# Q: k% ~8 N8 m2 x* C6 h# ~) S9 u O0 P' O1 v+ s5 v* }* X
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 ~# ]- t" |7 [ $ s: j6 M" c7 m# m- V1 rM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. # k9 Y; M# X a5 J' T u' J' p/ P+ R% ^4 q, t! c( a. K7 H7 G# s
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。* j3 u* P, X; l" }0 |
$ n* J( N5 e$ c* b) G7 k; `/ H5 k. OM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. # _' A* S% n0 N7 l1 r # t# Z4 }6 r" c7 ]/ i+ vL: 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? $ Y8 r) ~" i/ b+ F 3 q, u- b2 R, G) V0 ?# O( ]M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.3 l4 r9 \+ @) U7 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。 q; b* E3 G" V6 P : R5 l y9 K% W5 K1 N4 m% l4 aM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. J! R$ V) V" s4 Q1 S2 G0 W
6 Q' B6 A( J' I# G" wL: 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? + @! I, ~. |$ C- |5 y* u 0 k4 D; L/ x2 e, M/ {M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. , `7 t% t3 u* \" k' q 1 x3 [$ _2 @0 T8 @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.7 B% R; q3 i/ M' o# \: W6 v0 y
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# d% V) g4 ^- y* c# A, Q3 c2 G
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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。: v7 {! c& x! f6 E# U2 Y ~7 ?' G# u
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! + K1 f1 D* _3 @: f2 ^6 _' ?. r6 D8 D7 z& I
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 3 q- S3 s. Y/ m$ V 9 A( L9 z& _% B; XM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. * n* |; r$ V- u# D: S6 [ / G: {1 @2 |3 D4 V" }2 o4 O) I3 UL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 A$ c: O* Z2 j& G2 k" W% p
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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。 " \- U! J( L7 v' N0 E3 G8 Q) _3 L以下为音频:4 u+ d& |7 |, {+ Q% {