流行美语教程 Lesson 7: choke; money

Xbfeng

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。
: }/ N# l1 p" X0 A3 o' a2 X8 W8 O
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！

4 V; |! h. w7 R: f' UM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

7 J8 P8 _9 W  S" qL: 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 I. _8 c! L6 w: ]
3 |! R$ r7 K1 W: @( ^* oM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
$ ?1 `9 `# s; U) ^- c. w6 t" }$ O- M
2 E& O7 J3 X( a/ Q- [2 X1 ]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。

6 t9 f$ d9 ~$ E5 g* z" fM：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.

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？

M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
# z4 s- W$ E; ~. S
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？
5 d$ P" Q+ ?6 Z3 h/ e/ _2 H
+ {  z" z4 [2 I, p$ Z8 V3 zM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
1 h' i& \' J: ]
. _2 y, h: r2 K7 p" |  M4 D/ QL：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？
& `0 o5 z; Y8 H2 C3 o
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.

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？
  N- V" ~. K2 h% M2 W, p
M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！
# c7 L5 o( S7 o
. k- t8 a* r7 _7 z% V7 @( x(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
- F, y+ G7 O1 v+ `' ?2 y
$ e' ]. y0 C+ Q, l, K* N+ R/ \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。

% }8 g& @+ h- g' c' w' mM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
2 u5 E( q5 R$ r
* g4 I5 h* D4 w" U  i! q2 S6 h1 JL：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。
! y8 F& y6 r, D
9 Z4 W4 K2 j! M5 d* NM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.

: L0 a- I, P: `& D1 lL: 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？
& }! \* c5 g/ r+ Z: Z- @8 f
M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

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。

M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
5 }  X, k' l, [( w% |. @2 o. [7 w4 h; J
$ b- M& G5 O" J6 B( `: i6 t. FL: 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?
+ B- z6 S7 o% R- Q" O) }
M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

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.

" [- h% a- q! FM：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
7 {* _  \! W% {! F$ G
" V7 h5 s8 {& u! Q, W+ K, `1 D% IL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。

M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
2 Z* \: n) q3 I9 E' ?, P) N( D. V5 ]
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。

( L+ P' u5 U" ]4 ~. g( _  G) ?5 vM：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
. J: L( T; ?) C" Y
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 _8 R$ h8 o! J! FMichael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。
以下为音频：