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。7 b D( J3 C+ W( k7 f
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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! ' Z2 _( T6 T' z3 l & e6 {2 ?: B- i8 d5 [* v, n$ b$ {9 hM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.- C7 m0 U8 `. F9 r0 O1 [$ [2 ^
/ z0 k R) m$ l. jL: 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? ( N4 Y4 \8 j* t8 G8 B5 Y$ o# \: M6 N
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.3 h4 z. O& c2 `: \
% u& U& T. k; `5 uL: 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。/ o# r" [, E5 ?6 X. g
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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. / s* z! E% s/ M2 c4 }- [+ _( Z# ^$ H+ a# c
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? ( t0 q) h) D5 Z4 A: ^. ]% M# ~/ P7 b- ~& P) P
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? Y J, m5 E: Y: I0 k ) y- }5 L, v* |* f/ tL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?+ i9 t* W1 S( _1 Y' k
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ g+ ^) k5 @* a$ s/ g
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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? * V1 l. p( t. \3 \5 s2 E8 n" V" A0 e# I0 K
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. d& b$ L$ p: L5 M4 ]/ T2 Y
; K* ]# R, p$ y( FM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. * g( N& @6 z% M$ V 1 H n' h6 A7 h- C$ N BL: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。 ) L& p4 c: |9 y _- r* q1 C/ Q' c( [+ I F; s
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. / }. d* b& [" e, i0 U/ [3 J/ E" x! `) r( D$ Y6 Y2 l6 K
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? 8 v$ e3 m! W% E $ w% C1 X: J6 c& VM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ; d. W# m3 P1 j3 a* e! `. y; s7 n" _! v( {
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。 9 `4 w1 j( h* B) r+ L+ G , w$ U" q1 V! y% m, N* AM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.4 m0 q H0 U: |: U# r: W8 a6 e
+ l* j! W! ?, Q8 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? & b) z) I! u' g% h& [ 6 q# s1 m6 z L. pM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.% J" R% M4 R$ C$ W- _" O
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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.0 C3 ]0 d% S+ |, B u
' B- x4 U1 i' Y2 GM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ F' s2 d6 `% | I
# b8 y* v' y& }) t, BL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。# h. z& R' J T4 y8 `* U
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!1 j# W8 W/ D; q- _; I
* E4 _9 g7 P0 Z5 Z3 _L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。. A" m! n6 `9 T/ w$ K
* v; y/ s3 N, C$ F7 {( hM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 3 r. X X. H* c9 l" E' F+ q( K L+ Y) Z R- s# L5 w
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# y$ ~) f) \0 u! L, y! t9 y( t, x
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Michael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。 2 P" }1 p2 L9 X# r! c9 r2 S4 K4 h以下为音频:6 ^7 k1 t/ v' f8 _* k/ f3 u9 _