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。+ R% z: o" ?7 j& Y0 ?- p
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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! , g( E/ l$ S9 \6 {5 l/ [; g9 w; s4 S: A2 _, I( \
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.( D) {) A" J- a% B" Y
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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? 1 `( x. W$ J* H9 k& U1 j1 N8 H: C% ^
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. / q) T3 E. P! A, c! X " v2 v( o+ J% y: r# M" |4 | ]( xL: 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。 # L/ X5 o+ \. h' T' V- t! A& F ~8 i! D5 K' ~
M: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.; E5 Y6 Y, q' i: Q6 ^
, ?/ ]3 a: h+ W6 T D0 ?) _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?! X7 I& s! x$ I- e" t4 k5 i
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 U6 R) ~5 i3 s4 P
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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? ! u* b* Y9 c. B" ^! w ! U7 W- s$ c6 u) I+ [, DM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ y5 d9 B. h+ r* W
) I' O$ q9 n, E& ZL: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?+ i { \. N2 y" a" _6 \/ u0 V, p+ h
/ L- i: h& h$ d+ H7 i- U5 b5 R+ KM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. / ?/ K5 m. ]: l/ T, K! v) x; \- Y/ {; I' Z# C0 B- L
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?* h( J7 h1 v- _# @) I6 E
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ; |8 X. O2 u5 w- l: @1 d ) P7 ~ j. k) O+ g0 HL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!1 _! k0 \/ g( Q3 T5 T" i @ u
1 \* q/ W8 e* D7 }) S5 T/ ~8 E3 hM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.$ d" t0 J' ~1 b$ ]0 \
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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。& B) N. r1 l# D) @
8 V3 A* E5 {$ C/ B bM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.& F; ^. B2 W) G: \- |% ~( g; h
& k7 X# s |; ~+ ML: 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 G( o' e# R7 m$ \: t 4 Y: O) G6 P% j( u, IM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ' D6 A5 k( O! b( v3 I7 d6 Q& f+ \ ' W, v: @; ^5 `9 l2 R5 h" RL: 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。 1 @) g$ U1 s, w# I" w' x6 }! f6 f2 U
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.3 A( |- z9 C+ w) K
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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? + l/ Y) U6 [- ]/ s( Z4 w7 R1 _$ F/ M- |1 p1 b9 Y( P H- e4 i
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 3 X" ?) J* d& F' D . k2 T% R' b/ N5 I$ e) DL: 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.5 m- }8 {- _1 \2 W. _9 E! G
; x$ @+ h; C* ]4 G `M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 u9 l2 `7 w0 e0 F4 ~& z5 f
" \ T% l7 B0 z' P6 |6 aL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 b1 C' y5 s3 U! I; u# }9 ]
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!, J- i8 @7 ` M
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 , x% F: _2 r$ C9 p- m% a/ ~$ B( Z( k- k- ?, P- ^% N" l
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。 1 \" {, }/ Z4 }- H3 G5 b. d; g以下为音频:7 V3 d2 F/ R/ H Q( c1 L3 `