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。 4 N5 Z3 R5 w. `) R& ?) I1 s) \) l0 {% @, _2 I3 K n
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!- [- p9 J- L# r0 S
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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.0 Q2 _" `* d) k0 J
, I/ H9 P/ \4 v& cL: 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 p5 D, l% e' g+ N
3 z0 f: p4 m" F" S# c& qM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.6 H5 b8 q- m, {
' z1 w( @; M+ c& a. y x. _- \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。 " G! I$ A/ Y- G5 h! b$ K ) m; l; q- ?" G0 V* R D D! ^0 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.$ Z1 q: e# F/ T. \
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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?; f8 e, p& L3 S/ U5 U8 { o
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 8 J; e2 ~9 K1 c5 ^& u! N: h1 Z7 T C, d3 Y8 }' p/ |$ g
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ C0 T3 S4 @( S2 p# P! p0 G9 a
2 w/ Y. q& Y1 r" r, Z" u# i2 NM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. ( \# X7 Z0 s6 ?* `+ Q; g, @- j6 | 4 m* F1 k$ F% \) o0 M/ A. PL: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?* A2 I+ A: }% G2 H5 B+ r W
1 o; E) u4 h1 W; w' c+ ]* hM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.+ c4 M& R5 c" ^2 c7 Q+ S
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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?+ S( I/ H8 A1 J7 J
+ I- _. G% B/ W oM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! 3 P' O% g0 s, c$ S! Q. v6 v6 K5 f1 i5 [) B) j8 w8 l. |
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! ! s! i" \6 ?- {8 U. ~8 {; Q; Z. O- y% r! f8 I
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位). J! [& A- Z: N1 ^, i% X
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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。 j& @& Y4 d% b: q! @7 U u D8 Q1 U4 u5 y6 \- oM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. $ t( Z2 M: ?4 d/ [# M5 }# p% [. b' z& f- C& W2 F5 O9 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。 * Q+ j! @( |+ E, n) Q2 F - z. o. E( k G% GM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. $ E( U$ j0 v/ O, R, O1 ?: d7 H' Q5 K
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?& E$ H2 h0 W. `" C
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 b' x- H' D8 }3 l, g
$ S+ v7 p9 o, c" ~7 G! cL: 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。) E, h0 J" G2 l* w: @
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ J# `* d' S9 \" I8 ?$ s
# v2 y2 r# E& ?& ?2 ` \0 UL: 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? # X6 v% ?& v; R4 g# n9 A& X4 p! v1 Y; e
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.4 u: i/ C+ H( z+ N
1 R2 N% {3 ?( S+ ^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. $ J! ?/ U; X5 `# N1 O- Y; r7 H; |; p. s
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?7 ]5 J- h; @& Y8 I" [
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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。 ! V$ e8 c) E) R, L' Z+ S0 w* a' Z- g$ c7 X4 Y
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 7 W% Q/ C6 ~6 O) A* z5 t 0 E5 d! w) [; w* m# P! q+ @5 fL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 ; k. q* i; S& G9 d- h1 Y0 W8 y* ~4 S+ S
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.# j1 m, t1 [) H1 }* B' g! z