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% ~- O5 M5 p+ h7 I. M" E5 x2 O
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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!4 Y; H9 r& }* h9 J: b
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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., U& C* k. @9 j! }1 f4 q6 I) {! L
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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? + a6 l& R- S5 h7 o4 n4 | . E6 A+ z( b/ P0 O. GM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. ! H1 V. D: [7 r7 {. t- ^7 u1 @2 W; T/ |. S
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。 1 l9 C# Y$ N4 a% C/ p 2 n0 {& V* L; E5 [5 YM: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. ; [9 {/ S. V4 | S( l) L0 L 1 W! d6 A3 o; x% g- vL: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? 0 E9 E: K3 I s# H* M9 U4 r9 u4 U. S" ?5 L: B
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?7 _; I# ?$ C; v m; {. V" b
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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?+ K: N+ q1 ~1 k! N! ?. P
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. ' G3 l" I, \3 t% ~+ g8 R0 u1 ]' U; z' g, O) r
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? ; q, b0 z% d( S - K0 u) B/ H, y9 q1 @1 x1 yM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.- C6 a$ h* h3 x+ `9 a7 k
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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?. ?- |, u. C' |( e4 V' S
$ P% x; T' L- d2 u |& T' U! A' r, h8 I7 LM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!7 @; w8 {' b' U; p i- e
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 0 H- ]6 R$ S( J. U6 V$ S# B& S) w% v5 b- J( \2 J0 n! P
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) " n' l8 c5 a' o3 k) w k 2 H! d5 D4 _$ `& s; zL: 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。3 {' E9 w% x8 r8 k! l4 u
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. , T9 _4 \5 O. u5 u! [# X( T0 R* j8 n, [. ~* b. g
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。 - V _: x m" @$ J }4 X- K 9 N6 q% e0 b3 J2 BM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.4 z4 d* T% C0 t# x& I! j
3 i/ U$ b" P, xL: 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 \' }( Z, c8 Y. L$ x' |0 v, ]3 ~ 9 d# `: `# I e# KM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.$ ^ e: A0 H1 Y: x& N
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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。 1 r# `" k8 A w! J) k: w- q) I# f* z5 d- Z# K! P! C. t
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.. T9 G% F* N( B+ g0 S5 z- }
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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? . R" y0 g% G P3 o5 g# x # E2 s# `& b* |; q' tM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money." z; T$ `- }7 I. I2 ^* H8 \
1 f, I, |6 ~ dL: 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. # |. I, C# Q. l, g( a$ L2 { / {- j C0 @% K& T$ L: eM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?1 u5 W$ w0 |% P, @* |8 y& y. @
. x7 ?$ O, S+ N$ C5 eL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 6 d( t1 r+ ]. q) c9 X+ d 2 h! }: n. ?7 f# r: IM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!- E& E" r8 v" T, i
! c$ p, z0 s/ C8 b/ H$ [L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 - Z, g& F9 C5 }# z7 r' ]1 u: z, p% [0 `' k, U
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 6 I, n3 w7 m7 G( t+ f ~" o* W3 m* @' k6 E1 t
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 ' r# Z. Z. ]3 t. U! c% o 7 g: S! s/ g* |6 w1 V8 KMichael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。; M. L$ i7 H7 n( y
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