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% ~6 j. `& l A
7 |" i4 P5 C5 \- A) j: 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!* q* V3 V" R( o- H& @1 e, d
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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.7 d, _. T7 a+ s) P" c
' Z. ]7 Y# `0 xL: 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? 6 m0 }$ }9 e4 W1 Q7 E1 a3 J8 R3 k ' e8 T8 m0 j6 r; iM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke., A- F& t0 R! [1 E. S( z$ f$ W8 t
9 A/ I" Q5 p" }. l8 M: bL: 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。 ' H6 k" K8 y& F9 s8 k. F; E8 p& K6 n ( [( X% i( f$ k7 W# h. Q8 t1 i! cM: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. 2 M$ B, ~2 z% @3 d , v8 A) ^+ S/ h- [& c& B( HL: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? * X. d, G2 [ S 9 ~* u( f% [. V) c7 oM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? : ], m0 ?$ N3 V . J* I s* Y) k4 A2 ~. Q9 G RL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?* V. N9 v2 ]: s7 b0 C- e/ }
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.& d2 f' M9 o+ @ x4 K, ~( C
" ~, g/ U2 w j& K ~% p+ o$ lL: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? ( x& g$ h+ {0 ]: c+ G% E( v ' \ k. n" L& GM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.2 R Z4 D w% \, Y" b+ p Y. \& q# w
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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?- I' k' Q6 ?: A- S) ?% c* W
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!5 X, B% F0 W' p4 R: `% n+ ?0 P
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! b! L0 m# C7 s
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) ( R4 v/ ~3 J; L R4 D$ D g- y8 g, e ! E; d! q. d0 l. H6 C4 PL: 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 s6 ], y8 c8 l# U; {2 M' w8 N
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.. b2 q* I8 L8 J9 Y! [
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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。5 k+ s' p. n4 ~# J9 }! T: O/ v6 i
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' X( l9 p: \0 ?: D ?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? 9 J8 O3 k3 f! I5 p+ O" w4 V, _! q w0 x; N
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. # d1 t9 b: |. s: c7 T4 L / x: s6 l! h- Z# Z; nL: 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。 4 D6 P* `: _9 z- ~+ \- O3 X) D6 }2 O& c% n) t# [# q9 W
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 6 P$ c+ }( J0 O! e$ j/ G0 s, Z & p2 ^" W; t1 C1 |* z( iL: 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? ( R/ j8 C V. U x: O 7 X8 m" e& A+ aM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. - z- c: z( F: Q 6 C. G8 @: ?- p WL: 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 K% |) A: l7 t5 P. W( F
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?5 `3 Z8 o+ p+ x# c' Q
/ Q+ y) @: p H4 y: d% S* UL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 # v* J3 h) V, s4 k _0 q& O! K: _6 A/ k( h+ q0 P* I k7 H
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!) e4 g8 P% A! K3 F4 a1 j
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。) s: B& H' w' Z. v+ r4 k3 T5 w1 g
: Y- E5 x$ Y9 iM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 5 V( E( H% V, G9 q! @" s6 @ / w) ?' Z' S+ ~9 A2 y0 ^L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。6 f' K) h$ @# D ]. f" K
1 h1 w# a* k y: }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。 z) \9 _! i* o, _( }以下为音频: , ?4 I/ O* S/ Y8 [; G