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。 & a# R! G5 G/ i6 u ' o, D* ?/ L# yL: 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) J2 K4 y: y. k 4 X& S. ]! p! ]% RM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 4 L1 O5 s* z& |0 ^ k7 J" B1 ~5 e6 n* CL: 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? ' t! y2 ^' b8 @3 i. a: ]* p& X8 p% _8 r9 d& T5 E
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.8 j0 }4 ]5 C4 m, @2 k" L6 Q
# a2 ?2 k$ i/ A' N( @7 `) A+ eL: 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。1 ^* @. H+ [" @( o
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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.& p& x( c# b. U ]. d2 X
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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? 0 p, F: T( `, B5 `$ N6 M2 n9 O1 E 7 L! d5 h9 ^3 }( `& m2 ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? * x/ F& Z" A% v8 h; \+ F/ G* l2 l0 u/ s
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?$ C. u9 R2 Y8 r" k3 V7 @
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. ! ~/ x. k4 ]0 d: I4 `( M( k0 W3 L6 c0 g* c
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? " e0 Y4 h# M5 s7 L: Z# g+ X 1 l! o) A* o3 Y1 w( HM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. : B+ \+ z/ X4 h: F7 W + z* L( v1 L+ ^* |; U% ]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?' G! A) V- T$ F6 `5 G
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ) t! A% h/ \% a8 h - C+ o* u* I$ a& S" \& G: D7 a) ZL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!+ o0 m5 p! X# W
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: ?% l$ w0 J6 sL: 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。# ~# f, p) z: d) V; n
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 y9 u. g! e# @% M9 ^6 y
4 |5 {7 z6 x B+ rL: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。$ }" U; N( M: m0 I
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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? ) s6 M( V2 S4 r9 e/ U 0 v* H0 Z# r' C6 H$ gM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.9 Q, Q/ p2 p S3 T. _6 \
X7 [% F) d J5 r9 `1 N4 ~& x4 XL: 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。 0 w3 J$ I7 |% H - X; S+ V& i0 bM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too." P( P. O6 q$ B* `/ A
" \/ W& y, W; r& S( \7 K9 |3 TL: 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?% m9 G; Q1 c K! |5 r# l
2 [$ Y% O$ O9 P$ i) N/ V* f. b( r# EM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.3 W% @% q- d' }. }
! t- g! a u: 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.+ R" @; f" V$ _7 X2 `
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 4 j* ]) N2 w& J. n! }' p ' n6 s$ [8 {' ~9 P: U ~3 o( }! u" N0 nL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 ! T3 Q; ]/ M! Q% G' c, ^7 D9 \ 1 g3 ~! V- ~$ J3 p, J" n/ UM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 8 ]" D3 i# N/ n) }8 ~+ b8 W2 J # x1 Q/ E% |; g. C7 |1 cL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ c! d$ z8 t- E- S$ u2 ^8 _# _
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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。 * d1 D8 l8 N4 h/ H 6 }- ^% T8 |& w- Z1 N& AMichael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。 : X! I* ? l! D6 W0 z7 C6 Q4 L以下为音频: ) _( w! @# @; Z1 o0 t