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。- h. y- u( H" R' c/ ]
5 ?+ ~8 n! [) TL: 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! + x R$ Z+ L" b7 l3 p6 Z. j0 I0 S6 O& R) b! x$ @' q8 d; D
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.8 O9 A. N4 A- r4 F1 [) p
$ G% J+ @- v& O' g5 rL: 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? 3 b1 x0 T- Y. C& j5 @( |1 J- u# G
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. # L) h6 t' F d% \# j 3 v* B/ Q9 P5 X8 O' TL: 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 c: o/ I4 [4 d( J. \* M. T
1 I3 |) k. h- w9 Z! GM: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. - e% ^5 w g1 T4 k. ]& b; K4 G) f# U
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?3 }8 z. E" a0 W
- B* _+ @5 i& p" b' z5 V s, `M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?. d% |6 }7 P9 {
% A7 e, C$ P) _6 K' A( nL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?( A; i& n& e: Y% @- _ q
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ Z, m3 q# @5 w: G S& w/ J/ w, U
7 F, A' u- o( H- S1 pM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. % f$ l ]# _7 p2 f5 W- M 2 P3 Y8 \/ ?! g1 }, d& O* L5 `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?; Y' `) S. s% x% I# l
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! 0 `3 X8 {: ^0 U( d8 q ) i+ Z$ V5 W) JL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! d* W1 f5 s0 O" L8 _4 A. m1 A9 z& O: a
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)# m5 k# O9 d5 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。, w4 g( c0 t0 o w( E6 J0 k3 F
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 2 i# C1 M7 v9 f9 P! r4 u3 \+ u1 h1 h w b! q4 e$ u
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。# ^% Q3 ]; J0 n9 l7 z x0 p
8 Y' _# U2 Y2 r4 u' iM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., A- O* g2 D9 i$ ~2 A
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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?, z$ w" K F+ n+ \6 s& d4 j9 g4 Q- B
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. + O& c: Q6 |7 z/ z. I: L/ q3 I
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。9 m+ g* V" Z& o! o
+ A) p" G* f `4 f6 M# p' h" CM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.; Z% H* Q- `9 `
0 Y( P$ v; {! V9 |+ j- x7 q5 ?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?: e* |8 G `1 d* q2 H; J% z
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. & |, x& r$ n, s9 V0 y5 d9 v" E; e: O
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.+ G0 e) @# D# T8 A
$ w" T! V- q+ s$ }3 ] X+ PM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? $ ?1 R) w: Z Q0 m$ Z+ h3 H) c6 _ 2 E9 {/ @6 x& s" N+ UL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。# ]7 r3 K" o% p; f x
, z3 P, z' r& Z' `4 K7 [4 t XM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! ; e0 {. z& S8 b2 ~# K7 C! p3 w1 [9 y( r# Z
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ C6 c: O% m! Q$ r2 a8 e
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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.7 H" A# t- d5 V) @
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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。7 e0 e$ S% D8 |! H+ M: n( V: @
' q$ {. E! B: X1 |6 ~* H+ `2 BMichael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( n7 r, `) ]
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