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。 3 }1 Q4 G( t6 k4 x% Y1 U2 K1 ? # A7 a/ C$ s& Y% D+ CL: 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!" @+ Y. K. ^5 ]) c4 n
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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. / S' g" ]6 g4 e8 f* ?5 G# q" m: L$ ^- @ g% K' p: W
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?( k2 v9 k% d, l/ m
. m0 f) B6 ~5 N$ |0 hM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( E, Y+ e9 j/ D B9 m) R
1 m) Q: _ _$ 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. + p; b' i, K8 c( J, w ) S/ |7 U u' ?7 ~. G/ L" jL: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? 6 }8 p9 u+ X+ e' Y2 r ( ?! p$ ? z. B9 q. A/ NM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 5 X u9 X: i& O+ D/ ^* G( p % A" w1 i8 _6 SL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?( _! F6 L7 V3 U. w: I; g
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.- b2 }! L" A7 P0 p: n
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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?# A( N5 q8 w+ n; o% n
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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.- P6 q+ J0 l5 w
4 O" @2 Y4 g: ^1 tL: 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 r1 e0 D6 D% l3 D9 I* q8 q0 H: h% ]6 L: ?, E( f
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!) C+ l0 D+ J" r; e, S* g
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 7 u: ^' t" \0 [+ p+ M: K7 y. f5 b, P U8 w
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。& K; ]% }. S. j" ?) ~6 Y
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 0 W2 O" G7 c7 m O; I* e4 P0 @$ k7 L* V
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。; Z8 y, L& f0 h
+ Y" W) M5 T' F7 ]$ U% PM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.. ]6 k$ z1 Y/ A9 ^6 d* x
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.( r0 e e2 A# W3 i u' Z+ d
% |# {, ^5 Q! C# N8 U; q8 m$ kL: 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。 + A, F( z" r* J/ ~+ Q Q0 s( L6 t" Z' z1 Z) P
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.4 D6 c/ b5 N; l! Z4 `
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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?- ^! U6 p: V' z$ O
5 @( s. S& b' B- T; VM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 6 t" c) P5 c- u2 b8 P; E" B0 `3 x/ H: D4 N, U; V( I7 f5 d
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.' v% y( ~2 s$ r% ?" |
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?9 k2 S) I* p* T" A7 x& C) M8 `
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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。# R6 v3 O; k. O$ U( A
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7 g } |( ?% bL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 8 Q' \) T6 w# Q8 C$ M1 q( c % d! q) U' d" D) T& m- ]* EM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. % y# \0 q0 w/ C) W% V E 8 F; N5 s4 u! j- B7 _- @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 @- f0 B3 j; _ * P8 x F" S6 W- A* R# IMichael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。 : |7 [+ T4 C# m! A: I以下为音频: 9 Z, J+ `4 [! K