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。
4 J6 r. T0 z! g* }
6 H. Y8 _( k  I" U7 _, p7 q6 aL: 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！
& T" i  ^) z+ e, ~# l" C
M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

$ p0 g3 s9 F! X( V5 ML: 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？
* I* y  c( u5 Y" j0 a3 L$ i9 Y* r2 G1 t; }
M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.

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。
% J) a! q+ b( f$ g
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.

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？
7 |" L% y) G; {9 c. `# m1 x
M: 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？
, r/ `! c$ U. S9 T
8 t# v1 v, t4 `. v4 z; BM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
. n  _- u( [9 C2 ?5 ]
; @5 N& \. b, f, ^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: b( L1 c4 y  w# 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.
* N( \' T' r0 p, d1 p: Y
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？
3 D! Z+ T3 P; h
M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！
% [4 ~/ [5 c; x$ b7 e
7 o- P7 c* D5 P$ r' p: h' vL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)

( j+ J* k% g0 r, @7 ?: r) pL: 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。
+ C8 V0 I! }0 c* i3 G% M
* M, s4 r2 R! H4 ~M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
/ I9 w# A5 d8 B
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。

' R4 _) V9 F7 sM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
- ^' w) \: k8 Q8 }2 s. T7 Q3 p
$ M+ j/ Q6 ~: Z/ ?0 ^0 E0 M2 \# CL: 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？
+ j' t( k4 \) w% u  g% J
M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

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 ]/ e, e5 `& KM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.
3 l& b; |* F/ \7 F7 Y
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?

3 o& Q$ Z8 V" HM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

% T2 Q* L: }4 [' m5 ^) pL: 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.
8 x% G7 {$ i& W, V. v$ j; b' G
6 o4 U4 ?& N3 r! b1 X; SM：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。

: W: R$ [( m5 \9 o+ {9 h9 IM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
, S/ W' l" k6 [
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。
3 B6 ?1 X" z0 N/ d
1 {% Q0 h, w' \& vM：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.
- C7 B( w) S1 @. ?) X
* H& Z, O/ \$ fL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。
3 k% d) N: J0 [6 {5 d& X. N" B; Z2 r
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。
# B' B$ Y, L, N, J+ h2 O以下为音频：
! b6 z* F2 C- R' E6 V: T3 j