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。 6 R) U+ L0 i- V' f) S$ I t! p' L4 s& u( E: A; jL: 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! " {2 W# h/ d/ Q- n : N& k/ t, C+ M, a3 _M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.+ J. I, S- e* [3 v8 I# V
. ~, B3 e) l& O$ r/ ]L: 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? 5 _2 c/ d6 D0 l" n' l- |7 E7 a . i& G- p1 R/ SM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.0 M6 Q1 H+ r8 y1 l
# ^1 z0 a% K! b( T9 P0 |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。 7 m1 K5 ?6 W1 G " W$ {' j0 \' KM: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. ! s: h7 e$ ]1 T 2 E0 u7 Q% x: I2 D& T* p+ `4 {7 CL: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?- f8 g3 Q2 Z* l+ v* y) }4 D4 i
7 ^4 n* K; _8 b" ^5 J: gM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 6 c3 H1 D, @- s % z) ]+ e! p& D w' v+ [8 fL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?( {5 h8 a% ~: P, i* V. d* V. X
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.5 [4 [2 x! S+ [7 S9 d1 b) O
) u0 L! ]9 D1 n3 oM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. " V) r0 T( G R! n8 J5 M: F0 }9 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? 9 E" G* ^( H: }: q$ t , E4 }4 {" `( b' ]M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! # F8 d9 r2 M% d& I$ i , e3 R; ]: B" m" Y5 h: ^4 b7 wL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!/ Q: S6 E* y7 c7 y% M
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% `* J. {" B, T, d. B6 @4 YM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all." H* Z; d/ g/ Z! h5 K
+ X) f4 \% w. O9 M/ lL: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。" z. ]3 Z2 x7 ?; D @+ v$ Q
" X2 w; L7 g6 J0 A# W9 H. UM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.8 D+ ? A3 B) y, b9 V* }+ t" }
$ _- I+ l" E# x b' N( k BL: 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?9 v- b* q0 C9 ~( N: P6 n1 G
- x' r7 Q8 K& w4 ?+ ^: `8 hM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 X9 d& C1 D+ v& _& i2 i
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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。* P+ @- l/ {; r2 c4 ^. U G( X+ ]
2 r2 ~( h, F) A( m3 V, CM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too./ C& O0 o2 l1 [3 @' ?1 _" f
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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? " _3 y+ s5 C4 m# i# b 5 ? X" E( f' G0 l3 h. P3 N( [% `9 xM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. , v: C/ q6 s/ `% N) x* G6 f% {, O" o- {$ i; j! }9 S% V
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. ! L: N) k6 S& G W: Q ( e3 i# K2 ~9 O5 UM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?; n$ c5 i, c, H u
0 |# K, U* q7 @9 m9 D; X' aL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 + ^/ {5 ^0 w; f, R" P) k$ _! ]1 H2 c1 [0 w8 S
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!7 F* x" p& M& I
L& j8 R: b" J' f/ Z' \/ tL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 % i# P; v7 a3 S) V - t# h: U& e4 jM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.( P6 Y( _! E5 e- d# M8 t5 j( n
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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。9 ~' Q! A! S$ f* p$ F' V+ M& s
- d. J/ r" |7 F) ~* }3 PMichael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" v( h$ G5 F4 ~0 Y
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