流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

Xbfeng

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。
' `! T8 ?& w" R6 V, w  U9 _
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！
' Q" @5 F. i& ^* P2 ~. j. b
M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
3 r) y& m) o* Q; c  Z
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？
# e. o, [1 y, j  L9 z& @
/ K1 z; X1 s9 t. ZM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
& }6 V; b: k+ G3 }: W
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。
$ R/ T1 w4 u& N! d7 m# g
% d  O% Z9 r9 {/ wM：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.
! T+ j, y8 L* q) e3 y
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？

M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?

L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？
% S* P) @4 A0 c$ s: g( Y  K( ]
9 D6 ?5 {0 Y& S' x$ r% QM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.

) w' \0 p5 W. n; N8 oL：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？

9 s9 B, E( x9 I# FM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.

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？

M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

3 x: O, M4 E. TL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！
7 w, G1 a5 d! o
$ C$ r" T1 z3 N9 j* D(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
, L+ C# p; S* b0 j' V  A9 {
9 |( T" c. t0 h5 I7 ZL: 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 L& s4 d4 @) p9 ~
M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
* z/ I) G$ Y+ R' K6 ]8 ]
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。
' H$ B& P: p6 h- H9 ]! ~# W
( v+ x4 p" A; @+ ?$ V# g- jM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
$ R4 W+ v: R2 {
. a9 s- F8 }$ m3 }; ^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？

M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
  B. T3 I+ ~5 h' L$ ^* z1 V
2 D7 ?: ]1 s, ~8 OL: 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。
/ D3 K6 ]0 x4 Y
M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
& v9 j; N. l  t# C, 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?
9 G) i. j  q: O
+ n4 ^& y! U1 E4 O6 r+ RM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

1 D, G' [. W: [) k( H( u$ A+ 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.

; ~! l- ~4 y& K. X$ j6 _M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
) \1 ?) ?! }* j4 V" C
" {: E) v, ?0 m5 X6 {L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。

M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
% {/ [; }/ p9 e6 D/ i
$ I- U3 [' u* B4 C- v$ KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。

M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
1 U5 i# x2 u8 Z1 ^; z3 N2 @
- }$ e; W5 X& }' D0 F# o3 ?, mL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。

+ ?, c; m6 j& G& L  u( ~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" W( m3 K' ?$ `% L3 k% |: O- P以下为音频：