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。 - Y Z! Y+ \" S! \5 I1 k5 f ( V! B. |9 x; |! X/ {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!2 ]. y) l" ]2 Y6 _# z* e2 X
9 i4 H' R. v. z8 XM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games., z' z, Q0 w( |4 h+ W) }
/ N. e: y. [3 DL: 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? & P5 l* }% P5 u/ Y+ X. p/ O3 M& `7 A; B/ m$ y
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.9 M3 a; y0 t. ~ n4 A, Z7 k
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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。3 ^' ~. V* m' d
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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., q$ @' I J5 m' _
- a a6 [' n8 t" P, p) {8 L9 GL: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? S& V( u! l( @ ; z! M* F/ f/ B" }1 L3 V. a% ]M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? U9 I4 {0 Q U3 ?+ w% A& V/ j( w
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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? - K8 m; O% m ~* x; s $ f4 m5 D. |- L6 E* y+ `9 vM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 0 h5 s( t: p. I+ |5 ^3 Z% o7 S9 F: H! t. M
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?. @" I. i( V* P
& ~- S: }5 g0 {6 z+ |. B9 j" xM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. " I9 b/ e& l5 W8 Q$ }1 ?3 |) l9 i1 o+ W$ x6 G
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? & q5 ?) k Y2 ~. [& H7 ?9 r/ `2 P5 m2 A1 a+ ^5 a
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! V: D$ j7 `: q& B
: @% i# i1 b9 ?2 b6 t A+ C" f( _L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 4 Y1 S5 x- ^. l! t% \' P ; [! L- z0 o7 q& u s5 Y(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) / R- ]5 f; p( ~! g, q# u% v# ^! a+ k6 G$ b) ?
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。6 D3 j& q* r' Z' y! x5 i! P
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.$ H* I5 S4 Z o% T
) V* D6 L9 `6 I7 ]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 u- y# y2 a9 F4 ?7 }
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 1 ~0 n1 t9 S/ U9 k; {0 J- g+ K# z/ p% j
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? 5 i, n2 n$ N5 `( R! t* e& y& o : M$ U; P0 K/ Y/ LM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 8 A; d( {+ U/ o: N/ ?4 s, Z# o6 v; Q1 j& I
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。3 d& Y) U X7 I9 l1 G0 {8 |
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 1 o* H4 U- |3 K) E3 _ * h G% \& s( ML: 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? 9 I: K; U; \5 k3 |& J8 i 4 T0 i J/ q4 _& \$ L+ R) c. EM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.$ |4 h4 u2 q2 z7 l$ |
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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./ K/ V8 {8 @' z& ^. ?5 A; x2 t
. x. d: t) ]& a& e% gM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? ' l p% s$ h' a: ^# ~8 l* [ ' E7 b) s+ v4 S U5 zL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。3 ]0 T; c- y$ q
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 0 [8 U4 o6 @7 S7 G! w& Q 8 D7 ^" R& Q* T. KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。; j2 {1 \5 p, I2 G% ~5 `$ X1 Y
" `" ~5 j0 J* x. E4 v! wM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. ' c( M" u Y# k; J5 W/ f! K" g8 a4 c+ d6 S0 @; C
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 % v3 O5 t' S# d3 B4 n: c + z" ~- @0 X t! \2 z6 SMichael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。 5 d, w O$ v, I% h$ ^8 Q: X* r以下为音频: . D% I2 Q k' v& a. d