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。 9 }3 j. P2 U* _9 W9 n3 T q5 i+ }1 K + }6 l( Y0 h- U F1 PL: 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! . |2 [0 C, N; l: {8 A2 Q9 V& _2 I n3 z% E
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. # K4 t9 Y0 J7 T( Y4 i) m4 n% _3 T) A. W0 I; H1 z3 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? f- d( @, \$ Z. Y4 f 9 s& I( j$ W5 o! L0 OM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.- W0 E( I5 a1 k# d! \1 ^
1 M: V1 F- K V1 g) d" U( ^5 ZM: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.! k" \& D0 p2 s& d2 [
6 r7 Q! z$ `; wL: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?! [* c) c! J; g0 P- o2 E
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?3 Z, L2 T2 d3 j" [
/ A, U3 N. H6 G7 Z' L/ `, eL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?+ n$ H8 S1 e; H4 ?$ {
% d/ h: m# Q+ Y# yM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. V+ {3 u" ^3 F1 S; O- Y
: G# o) `, F3 d$ W8 b7 oL: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? % j6 }3 q/ E1 \+ Y! r! U( y0 C4 J- H/ M6 a5 L- A
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.( ]/ u G l3 _7 Q! ?. |" G6 u) J8 s/ q
$ R! l! Q2 R! N2 jL: 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? 5 ^ r; P0 X, N( l ' g, e. F L/ X+ o( s* i0 {M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! & m! U0 @; d$ f% Q- N- D( S5 S; A/ R" h6 a6 k0 t
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!% ~6 u/ T: y4 D* [
( i$ b. F! S" ?0 Q* S* f$ y(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 4 w8 h. f" E- ~ ; [3 d _5 e" `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。 , C4 W9 g0 y6 h" D6 H; m$ V8 p # y5 A/ M3 a( ?3 zM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.: D2 E( R5 y4 H) T$ n; V W
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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。, P, P5 Y* [! Q, N1 Z2 `
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. % z; T' a/ o) N$ j: S( Q4 B2 l$ A2 M; N, ]( S$ n
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? : a5 p ]. L8 n! ~0 Y- U1 v5 i+ H( [" M% u$ N$ _5 ]
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.4 t- p, Z: L5 z- C8 k: h
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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。4 C3 J% v0 a1 O6 n1 U
7 r# W5 B" P+ pM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. , V; h& t+ m: i+ u7 q1 ]3 I) b8 A% ?. b3 |6 U. E
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? - L6 ^9 K. j9 Y8 o4 R9 J" `* U! \2 i/ I( s3 F7 \3 _# R
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. |0 }9 x$ m/ h, Z
0 ?; E9 K: v& g: z, 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.+ E) ]1 r- w. [2 [+ ?6 h7 J. ]7 t
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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。 1 H% O! N$ h% J8 U. ]! r/ m4 _" z0 n8 s' B6 ]; t
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!/ P9 n/ l0 B6 @8 n+ Q6 {4 \
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。1 F3 S) y, E! e+ a& x, }: a) K
) T j, \ e& z8 y' {: TM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.) S- f$ z' v9 Q; _& p) j6 G
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 : B6 ?- t. ]3 F1 `2 y4 K7 S. X5 U' B) I- O; {: `
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。 9 s; W9 W0 k+ {/ J6 R$ {" i& z) \以下为音频:! F, A+ U6 o" M: |5 C- S