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。! k$ X O# I1 f# M u
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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! 9 w4 ]0 g7 q K4 e, U, W9 T" a; i% E# z- }7 `: d& A
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 4 T) m& k6 O7 ]% D; n. P" B9 ~2 m' B( ^
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 b4 Z; G5 }8 \8 ^ A: O' |
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.. R, |* k7 ?+ G( p, u5 Y) a
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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。: a+ V9 b- c* m+ Q" O) Z; |7 Q( w
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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.! h) Y0 F# c1 a8 n+ a
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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?, i( ~/ H7 N, p
" L4 N0 Y( V. l# M# JM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? . }2 z5 f u. q6 V6 ~6 k4 } 5 l6 F8 C. F+ FL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?2 H3 p) h7 D; H W { v W
2 Y9 s) O$ X8 e5 i, E0 wM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 4 w2 X5 C. z9 _ 9 X, d6 l- o, y1 Q, f5 [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?5 ~" g7 y" l6 W: y- y* B% u. L1 C2 J
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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. % A5 |- C0 {$ ]- v/ q9 C6 {. ~ 2 s1 D5 I0 @, a9 QL: 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? 8 D/ B7 j+ ?5 W4 \ E r+ r: {. W9 Q0 x9 ?2 T8 {2 ~M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! , v6 _9 S! S) s& D" O1 C! V7 e5 |3 @! U' D: ?' m6 A( p
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! ; w9 K- \5 w3 ^& a $ g" P1 @" d% `! P6 g) t# y9 x: j; p/ A(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)3 H% H! X e- i; q1 G
2 H& }4 H B- n( YL: 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。 S3 j4 [ x% a; }, U$ _
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. B" ?$ M$ c" h3 R) R* r
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L: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。9 v$ ?. _. w) U( u( ]! ?
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 4 S# i- J( [8 `' n( }( W( Z. Y$ y/ p, S8 p+ @" d" e" C) L7 s( S
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? 0 e2 M% F& X7 ?% X. R0 n0 P5 J5 p
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 I" K. k- v6 r
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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。" `( o; ]0 F5 z5 `) G% h
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too., m& X/ K9 X7 M4 ]. I$ r' 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?( ^" e- A; p; S/ B m: T1 E1 G
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 j/ j. C; o4 W( T8 P- h
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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. 9 R0 [% W; }( Q) X5 M 9 H; f' [5 z2 _ V# }" v% ]# N$ DM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? : B% n ] |! |* B9 f+ W- y( E2 S& b3 ?) {
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 1 I) ]% @% D8 v1 ~# S! d' u9 R, G; ?. g
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! ) i z1 h* k6 H/ {# c 7 o! l) n9 i m1 DL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 % t) t1 E5 V5 b& a R$ C) o 7 W0 `$ K8 \/ O! }, F7 DM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. $ g4 e3 t% L0 O0 m' w7 f$ {+ }- \4 R/ h J/ p* z; b* r
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 6 A1 ^% R1 i; |; s1 j+ B7 m! `9 V8 o' l( _
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。 0 q7 i1 U7 g, @8 O以下为音频:3 @& H2 e( Z O. K) g: h" w