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。
) z- A) \+ f7 _9 L& M4 [' C
: ]) Z9 Y% w4 D1 }/ |6 WL: 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！

M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

" _' v8 N# e  Y# ~6 n# |: {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？
" M& n$ K& K* G5 o. a( S
M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.

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: r" d5 y: j, [, U! dM：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.

% B. t- M. z8 ]; XL：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?

7 c0 L* f7 ~5 ?0 H( S$ f7 LL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？
5 e7 F* `* h0 W) x0 b, {# T0 {
7 P( P6 \! n/ W# _5 f7 b/ {8 zM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
, n6 y! t( A1 n+ L7 H
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？
% R7 C" a4 A: F$ l% D
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.
; m& b& H8 R! u5 ]& j2 U% y
; m* h: t6 D: z" R! VL: 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？
: F, ?- |3 ^/ v
M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

4 {7 G4 q, [  i8 ?L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！
, y2 D* a- R# V: Q$ Q  d1 I
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
# q4 @  d* o; C/ h; 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。
! p& A2 v4 G5 [6 [
M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
: w" w2 x6 |" X8 X: m0 A
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。

M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.

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 l6 G8 a3 A& X2 @. |! L
M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
6 e: K2 u  M6 W! V3 o7 V- p
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.

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?

M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
) g5 a" r4 V) P) x
- {+ o$ T4 f- {8 ML: 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?
  B! _" r$ v: B2 V& D; x' j
  @+ G* p& k$ P( P9 hL: 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!

* L4 z! I# ~4 @: Q" sL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。
( k  D: l, ~) a8 K
M：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。
2 x7 ~: V9 |* v/ s' X( J
  q' }% G9 D% z- l) UMichael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：