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。8 a" ?0 R# C V3 Z% i
5 k1 s- P0 ~8 n$ Y+ P" e/ Y0 rL: 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! 4 m2 F5 D5 j3 P8 i2 z9 l! O! P) Q, Z% r . o8 T; l. O) K6 U# n; y) rM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.& W/ Z) ?$ G* u* ]1 ~
! P1 w# W, c, U; p! U6 GL: 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? . m: r' }1 K5 c! W; P/ D- B- p 2 I- B! }2 |. F4 ?/ j% ?M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.: f$ F ?, A1 m7 u
' p2 ?& c, I! oM: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. J" W, r3 u1 ^/ _+ X ^ 7 U- d+ U% q% ?8 N/ T; I! [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? 5 r8 Y3 D( ?" c$ j8 U3 Z i8 v, \4 w/ } P* dM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? - _, ?/ s* Q9 E6 C 2 q A! W! X6 \9 M- ~L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? ' X, U9 L# B5 D4 M ! {3 R. D6 w v. c* g& JM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 6 G# k% |& e6 o V7 V1 v7 P6 ?9 y6 j, V" `
L: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?4 z& k$ h; O5 t1 O% q- t; K
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M:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 1 ^% W! H2 ?6 |+ e( h/ f2 S5 W, \* [" g% D
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?+ l0 h" X* Q7 ?- n% W9 N4 l1 m
% w+ U8 w/ a9 y( n/ N' YM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! / k/ d( h# x) y) D O 6 } ~- f s3 [4 m; v. pL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! ; E$ P* m9 N* K5 @ S4 l% i2 y- S0 S" q8 M5 f
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 0 M. ]8 q" e# w8 G$ R8 K4 l9 [
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。 6 R8 O* o- ~1 t' }. J 8 R$ `3 ]: _. M: B3 F% TM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 5 \; E Y8 W5 |6 H( q( ^ / O! ^+ j6 I* ]" k5 A( zL: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。 8 F' j3 E( a0 I3 j; r' O2 k3 w0 t9 u0 ]) g5 M. f
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.( t& M! G0 A" ^; w* l
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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?! d u# h" m( g3 i- X/ L
3 b& \; @0 W( ?& [. c: q b) ZM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.9 x6 N& _4 Y- B. |0 c- M' d
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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。 ; d8 ~4 w9 n" I/ |& V! ?" v* i# ~, L1 d* X# d/ {
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& c2 c! x& P7 _/ p4 W4 b
0 g& r3 J8 `. e7 W& YL: 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 U8 J/ }. y1 R' B$ l, ]$ A2 Y/ U3 s3 E/ t; d8 P S
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 4 ]: f0 R- I' g# B- b 0 p$ X+ z6 V' Z3 a6 ?) P" u) H! W/ gL: 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. C; d0 r1 D$ {3 X* n5 C
# G! \; ^! p& a, {2 hM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? ( b6 [4 m) `. e, V7 e+ L1 v& e" \/ s2 i
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 $ i2 E' O4 R3 E' }$ v + k) L) A: ^8 eM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!$ F/ g* r: Q! p X: a
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。5 d: l* p G/ g, q) Z
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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. 3 F5 m4 o3 l* R0 o9 q% P% ~+ W" @6 X6 G" _, o
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。2 J$ o' p6 K( [$ K
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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。. s1 ]) }: Q9 m" B" i$ K8 w
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