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。; {( J2 _0 e5 Q1 }
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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!) }; O. |6 R7 L: ?
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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. % C: X1 x8 b, v3 M1 u$ M2 T 4 z& _' r4 O# m9 u: P: LL: 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?* P! b5 L5 X3 Z, m
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. # J: i* U! V0 n, }7 g/ ]% P- w2 ~ z: |. q. {5 _
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。9 K2 W+ I4 D/ f( Y9 X$ b' b& `
' V& |; A9 G$ b) t* i: z) n3 J3 SM: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. ; C1 l6 N4 h7 P8 M- |6 @/ B4 g5 }5 i& F
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? . ^* |4 T; |+ V/ X& K/ p 2 n7 h& Q, U9 u+ XM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? & L% K1 {3 a6 n0 Q( H8 n. F! I% M2 w4 O/ b W. ^) s7 N$ `
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?8 l5 U& d2 F1 K* `& x4 J
! q0 i* }' k! dM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." o* E% q& ~# B h1 e% S$ H% k: j
* ^5 _+ K z$ G- FL: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$ u8 G8 w: F$ P) U
) [ O7 c' g# \5 R5 l1 rM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 4 k0 ~* V6 N2 `; d( V * q! `5 X' N ?: K/ W' WL: 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?8 {# F7 l! C$ W& {. H
0 U; b- v+ ^9 \1 o; fL: 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。: I7 J* ?1 a$ {! J5 m6 ~
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.+ L' F( e( s3 k
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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。/ z4 D- f( b- x' G% y
# {9 Y2 ]( b2 B- m1 V8 r! l- `0 j6 d) qM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. ' y3 D; n. ?: o @! F- w: U + R+ |/ P X \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? & u) y5 ~ f5 J3 s " Y# l8 H }* g4 D* O: `M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. # u; ~2 Z8 n: r" @7 H0 G2 v+ {6 s3 m 6 _( a2 m9 m4 b" L* B5 L5 ]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。1 K4 R8 V" X4 o! Y( E3 Z- R! I
! M! z7 T7 W* u5 |. O6 |M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. ) p. o" `: \ O. v# i% q- ?3 D4 A- M V& R
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? 4 k) {. H# n) v# d3 i+ s" a" E; P4 S
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. ) H' D/ n- q0 b7 Y, S/ f. I! l# ^: O; [ 9 J* C, r* x4 o5 Z6 z; mL: 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. / N% o. T% f4 M( U7 J$ I' \7 |1 f. f/ r, n' p& g2 C
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?, n, D: z# G& F% m z( P
, e! Y c" f" d) _2 ]1 O/ |L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。; C& k/ o' y+ c4 f0 ^4 U+ k
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!/ x* h( e9 o; y5 L5 L* A9 s
2 L9 i3 h* f) D9 RL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 3 C- I& X9 k( ]! ~. A2 A 7 i5 D6 v: _- H! X& m' fM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. . S5 V z T( g5 v/ w 5 m" ?$ A: s9 \8 lL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# v' \, I, f; k4 c0 H ^4 L2 w' t
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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。, M# f. [, u* h; ~) v
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