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。

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！
/ f: C' f# C# H4 k3 n
. U. q" u+ Z' x6 c6 p" d0 hM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
+ m+ \% E6 |( t6 {9 s
  h0 k, O6 b/ yL: 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？

/ ?. P7 r5 U7 G8 rM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.

0 _* @* D8 q3 G: L( C5 [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。
. V( \( c( d! F% {7 m
& G/ B/ S- C# mM：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.
0 K% y6 ]3 E$ z: w  u* X- U
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$ x# M# k$ t
- H7 K( P' v+ bM: 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.

! E4 k5 i% V  `: Q1 [$ y2 JL：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？

7 C9 ?: _4 Q0 C5 A6 B8 R/ uM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.

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？

) E, p8 j6 t- F( S5 r6 |( L- w0 GM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

! h) ]/ J0 A  [( u* G(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)

: m3 W* t& y& L; GL: 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。

' N$ o- G% _3 x7 i$ ~9 c( B# z, OM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
6 e( L3 Q; g% N$ \$ T9 F
1 j* K. |/ s2 C6 nL：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.
/ A2 X2 D, U+ {) P' z
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？
2 o& D1 w" J% ?2 l9 m2 \4 `: K) `
M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

3 h' @# R) {0 N! A, s/ Q0 g5 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。

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.

' g/ @0 `/ q8 w; Z9 `$ HL: 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.
3 }* C; |+ h+ h; Z- b% Y* D
M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?

L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。
/ r7 S: h, C' L  y. j- ]) w
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!

L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。
& g/ b  M! M1 t7 q( S
M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
+ ]; a1 Q) C/ D: a. ?% G% V
+ o+ R3 B; A6 F0 U$ @L: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。

9 i% B: X5 h' H# oMichael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：
! O$ ^7 B  P; p6 H( u  ^