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。. o) u; t2 F/ }( H l
$ G% O6 T0 Q" I0 _$ s2 g- GL: 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! " t. K/ j5 m; d B+ ~ ) p0 H0 r# k7 YM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.) Z% r# g4 q& Z( p! L8 |9 v
' F5 L1 L7 P8 `1 A; y% h; hL: 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? 8 I8 \! P: f2 R3 p* T! R' `. |1 p! q/ K) [9 t" t
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. i9 O! p% o& m0 O% T3 P0 B: @+ g2 I: G& P
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。 . Z0 r$ i" x- l : R. _3 ~7 g4 y, \: B8 Q, jM: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. 9 |$ D; u7 Z0 J9 M6 o) v) s+ x' j( D5 i
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? ; b: W" w+ H' f9 e" @8 A; G4 W, l
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 p( z3 h% W$ T
; B2 c4 J& E9 ?& G4 _L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? ; s' }# H' |% H g, w ' U% [. r& V: @6 F( cM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.! Y8 d; H3 x9 e( k. @, k
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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?( K# L/ ~9 g1 r& u8 p) y. C$ n1 N
# t; a( C! n: m/ Y9 c2 o4 L. OM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 9 q6 m1 v, G5 r% V+ P) [ 5 _0 i5 \6 M" C9 F6 PL: 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?) ?3 }" J c7 L7 T/ s, a
! H1 _" q1 L' jM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ' @. D5 A: N* f' V4 f2 m) K . R& H1 ~, a. q4 P/ E8 AL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! / ^- y9 k- ~) S5 r# Y / T5 `' T; }+ ]0 V/ [" T, l(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)- I* R) p. A( V7 X3 h) { d
, C3 N- ]* n+ K) F$ p* k; OL: 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。/ ^2 ~! U P8 C; X4 t, {9 q
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all." `8 d* l1 n& e% ?9 q
# A1 K' t3 `& kL: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。8 @, P0 c( P1 o4 ~, ~
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.; [# {+ O' ~; r
& }, U$ L2 }( G f/ j, 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? 8 X8 C# C& W% j$ Y) T; d$ V + ~6 |7 v; c' q+ uM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level., v9 t% ^+ K& I; P% T t- D
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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 n1 B) n& H2 @6 o1 G/ s0 `) }4 Z7 e. s1 e* T9 N
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.- {% @* |' L+ I
9 s0 O% r5 }! e) X- Z8 V$ C- gL: 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? % A% v7 g) U/ U" e9 ?) f6 o( B; X( B$ P: g6 ~# O# j
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 8 I) c" D# T& j' _' D- p / y& l/ y* E7 u4 k+ K @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 _, {' c/ `5 b- c* k K& o ; O5 `6 V7 S$ f6 L; N) a# yM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? + b* r9 n/ t6 |; C' O2 g- Z5 `5 x: `0 p3 w! B i
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 - c# }- [7 z6 j8 I f9 t: O+ Z/ k % g# V! X; d5 tM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!; p9 V% |; g/ E9 P
8 E) m7 w4 ]9 X: a3 ^; p z9 x* `! AL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 2 O; J/ F% e* @( [7 t% ?* W$ p) k" u* i2 m4 ^
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. + `5 M; z& Z4 L! t4 P 9 S/ P8 J8 k8 l% x* V) lL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。: _8 I! a( Y z7 J/ j
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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。 , D: t b" \: G5 X6 t以下为音频:3 O$ l' L& C" o4 B# u" A; A