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。 L7 B8 z6 n* U0 {+ g2 ]$ {
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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!) A2 ] Z9 |6 [8 ~" z) ^
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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. 3 k+ i; Y) B' n. _8 N9 J7 K: A$ a/ J7 s
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?4 `! X% R! Q" T, h2 m6 f8 j
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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。 I5 @+ E4 _ J9 |* c+ E* w% k' k
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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/ L8 N: P+ L* K1 n M9 I 7 M1 ^+ N9 ^9 v, [; @/ l. 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? 2 P$ {9 j+ v7 _% G0 e1 D ' |& D) u* M; E0 }$ i2 UM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?0 n+ R3 X; Y3 T6 l3 I1 J+ C
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L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?/ D9 S3 L5 L1 c6 E/ J9 @2 A
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 8 B% m. |; Z/ E6 L0 v% S) A( G' @: R q J. V* L. 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? 7 U: g, _2 ?0 A/ S3 Q 0 o# o( A' z0 G' y( J# MM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. ( `9 g B! W& R: w# y/ Q- D4 H& ~8 v8 Q0 b
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?% T' f9 W2 G3 C, N+ X) c
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! . b/ |( t$ O5 A7 W. W$ }& `1 Z# a5 ?2 v- m0 E
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!+ q. D7 S0 V. d, l3 v+ s$ x
/ l' a9 {2 o6 L) Z8 M8 V(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) ! c+ q M9 S- d7 y3 @8 c 7 R6 B( b, p- V0 O2 p* z2 _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。% r- d# k: N! ]# ~2 ]
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. h4 z/ O6 [' d9 Y' G4 s
; Z m4 v! i6 ?: s7 q: eL: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。 2 ^$ E D( T7 |( G g) { 7 t+ K- N* g eM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. # W" c" B+ X5 I) }4 Z2 S& Z6 x- S* d$ h
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? ) i( N8 Z P; m# n0 `+ c1 B3 T. X2 X
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 T0 ~9 V$ o* l2 l- K5 [$ g
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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& c; i, p* p H) u , o) ?( o; V, P5 R4 jM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) a+ ^1 ^1 t3 d7 L+ s3 P
4 g, B5 I$ F7 _/ p# zL: 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?5 K1 k. c, X( x) }& E! H1 y" e7 k
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.' t% x0 C: ~* F {' z
4 Q. d4 U+ W' P- E* [6 i2 zL: 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. & `& N1 [8 A. \: F; t- w: c ; a& m6 T N" c( h, V8 J- EM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# k4 i4 T/ B8 M6 q
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 * h6 c& i2 E9 c- x4 e, _2 y+ A2 x# z9 ~2 c( Q
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! z$ n' t0 _3 e" A, D F
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 6 @* R6 i+ D$ e; ` 2 T" C, T$ _* FM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. ! G% K0 V, q- k8 P4 B7 N: }% q3 y8 B: [8 }' \; \
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 ) g$ L2 A" {8 w $ x Z7 c' l7 s8 F. }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。 $ G- _: t) g8 m% [, |以下为音频: 8 s- |# e) C( s6 @2 w