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。

" A9 i2 E+ D8 z  SL: 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！
: P4 K9 o! Q( L6 U
7 _! S5 Z5 u* z% ]% UM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

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？

0 u4 K$ M& q8 [" g, M, XM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
) u- P2 L  s: |+ g) }/ f2 ?+ E
* q2 O9 N. h: i/ @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。
0 X, U" V: D: t4 o0 o3 s
# A- H) ]- X' @* B/ n- WM：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？

- A, E- I/ ?$ `7 Z% C/ X: WM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?

L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？

M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.

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？

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.

% ]6 G9 {( o& h) V8 m% w9 RL: 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？

" p' C0 [7 f: h! eM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！
6 f8 |& A5 }& z$ v3 y  W4 R! v! R
L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

3 n* f& r  p: Y% E' J(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)

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。

# W( d2 d& L) l" O0 BM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.

! h, F$ m+ y; z. C* P& wL：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。

M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
# s. K  E+ a/ Y2 w0 D+ e: h( e5 p
# f3 K4 w$ o* x, @  IL: 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？

M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
! b3 \) T/ X$ \3 F. K
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。
( B2 C! F6 H) q! ]
" U  N9 }7 i! ZM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.

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: Z5 F. t; ^* v0 p- ?* d' NM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
: N, L& A: v$ l0 u, v; v
2 q/ Z; l% {, I1 QL: 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.

M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?
, K% b3 g9 e- N0 {
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。
; a4 w/ f0 g# u* a  F# d
* X% z) B- G0 ^, @6 GM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!

( v8 S% M. c% L% ^5 u0 LL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。
% {. e8 I/ c+ T) P7 k3 Q
. j# H- v3 r# m( zM：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.

L: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。

3 Y$ m2 @6 ]; Q* A& |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。
) J: X% y# s- Q1 j以下为音频：
; h' R; \* j# _; d7 E, L