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 Q$ J9 y: k5 @1 G7 v8 I0 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! q1 j7 L+ }9 W8 Q! y
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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. ' ~% N# l% a" k- D) d9 y4 a' r 8 }1 a9 g" F, V* C5 H- R; _4 o aL: 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? ; w% l, |( y, u! R! Y+ z% V3 \* K2 Q' J$ @; e
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.2 ?* o( ~, U. t! K
7 H2 }! V) N; M) iL: 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。 6 d; o5 \! l( v# R5 N6 z7 ?; _- b& H2 h7 X$ p9 A: ?8 F4 x
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.1 T! H( \$ C o: b8 }5 Q0 ^
3 h# F/ z0 y/ P3 A8 R7 o! Y/ g7 oL: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? ; g6 r) Q! c7 c4 M! u- V% W 8 g1 D5 ^6 ^1 U! QM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? \& a* {" P2 g$ G: b3 }5 Y
! w! l! C3 [* {6 @1 dL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 0 L- V+ e% `: m# y7 W2 G' u/ b$ g F: K: `) V0 H% ~/ F: ?
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. % I) T, X2 a1 y, Q/ B6 j n/ C1 @' m% m/ O8 n
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? ! P. f$ I6 g: [7 X @) D1 r8 S! |7 A0 G+ a0 a4 C7 b) `8 c
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. / N' \: h+ Z6 J; V7 `6 y& ~* r5 t9 [. _0 p
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?2 E/ y4 g |6 d6 U5 H
; `4 n# a' e5 Q! {1 ^: j' vM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 3 P/ o! t- {4 W 4 K! A& F8 V4 L3 H3 |, z9 M! C/ YL: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。 0 Z# ?. Q$ c% h2 ^ : ^- H4 P( N" h0 ^5 `M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. : a! }$ w' t- Y& R+ }! g* ]3 Q8 g' q- \& X/ v- a1 ?
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?7 u9 B" k- m2 K; \. E: f9 {
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. % C6 I. J- P+ j! N' H: {- Q( o l5 z5 U' {
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。 % S. V) ]2 B3 o/ ~1 C * b" m: G5 }% e# dM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 9 G3 z( [% N; A- Y ) @7 d; y4 f2 K8 p8 c6 gL: 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? 9 p9 B( k$ d7 J/ E. C/ |2 R9 ?7 U - s. [# F( X( L7 m- p# }M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. % u$ R, H% y" }1 T' i$ N3 Q 8 I7 ~4 V: M% c% P- x. B ]; X$ vL: 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.& W5 `) |$ P2 m7 R: a# A+ N& k/ ~
* \! U v: q9 `; q8 U+ WM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? R' e2 U; Y1 d! M7 y# ^2 j2 Y4 h
6 J, M- H7 C. u ]* y, G Y# TL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 0 l- h" n5 E) d4 _" ]1 G8 A & t9 s4 Z& I5 ? K4 rM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! ! h0 m: J7 ^/ j8 M( ? 4 v d' v4 \9 |& C8 `L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 ' I0 @0 e3 S+ N/ k3 m 7 S T3 ]$ N z3 t1 G+ Y- lM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. _0 j$ [# {0 y+ l) s ^, e
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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。5 X0 H) Y3 V- a9 }/ b
; v. t2 R$ s0 f) tMichael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。: E' ~+ e: Z6 s7 n7 W
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