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。0 G' ~9 O$ a s2 z ]+ c, N, Z& @) j
, O, m+ o" l$ }8 QL: 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!- S, I* r1 V: c; a
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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. 2 o% `; i! ~9 L- @ & [- q) Q. d9 `$ m* M1 f5 }; rL: 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?0 e' M! q# ] y5 v: P
: V& _3 _+ [ xM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 6 b/ M3 ]6 A4 T2 O8 j# @* b9 m- y- T" W# @$ H; ~' g
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。& q$ Y. |) o/ |% i' r5 O0 g* h
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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.3 A5 b# l9 ]% Y4 ]+ T+ ~
f" s* G ^. v) P. n6 I- @& U" 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?. L9 B# A4 _; ~( W+ g! b
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! G a# R! N! w3 ^, j
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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?, ]+ v4 m* `3 g; T
! Y7 t. F+ U) ?7 R7 vM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) w# t L$ {2 |( e6 r: O
6 A4 l8 J2 ?. N, R9 x/ 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?# e8 q& \( Y. g1 |- Y! N+ R' z
/ ^" ?" K( m1 s4 P0 L! u' [M:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.# Q7 R% p% ]7 h4 N1 c! J
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L: 噢,你说得可真轻松,没关系,因为你不喜欢她。好,那你告诉我你喜欢哪个女孩呐? . Y/ I0 p1 Q" x! l% M) E: ?. {7 u- G. _( }0 x" ]
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!3 `2 y1 L9 h$ `* X' K. T
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 8 d# g' Y! D4 `1 E# J3 O# x % |' a* |# q: s) FL: Michael,你看,纽约队看来不会输,他们赢了两个球,现在还剩十秒了。只要纽约队不失去球,他们就不会输。0 i9 {8 v7 s2 [4 M
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 7 C/ r+ T/ v2 V7 a* ~+ _3 o4 ?4 a! Y* h* G8 }" d8 C7 X7 x
L:你也认为纽约队可能不会输?等等,你看,纽约队丢了球!这下他们完了!华盛顿队要求暂停,他们还有赢的机会。 + u8 J5 A, e% k2 P$ ` 7 \: ]( z0 I4 ^9 s3 ^ EM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.8 X) p( |1 d9 E$ [' k
7 H1 ~- m; x+ O6 N2 |1 mL: 你认为华盛顿球队会赢,Michael Jordan 会投进最后一个球。你说 "He is money "是说他会赚钱吗?2 n8 V- M G! d" t4 e a# O
: q8 ]1 ]2 \) y" F) ZM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ' U# r4 O, w i V, b7 z" `, L$ u- l, R
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。 - B+ j' C. W7 Y' O* [- ]6 i- [$ G0 L- R
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. , x# D* ~/ B0 t) a+ [* P8 s) u1 u) a
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?+ U8 e7 w1 y$ a, \
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. ]0 Y0 M& r+ N
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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.7 B! p. c$ h3 b" d3 r! o; @+ D2 H
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? ) L9 f8 ]9 y g0 u 9 o a" n1 T/ S$ d, s b+ xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 * W) Z$ i7 a* B( @5 \- N , r! B$ Q* D/ @) ^' RM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!+ c7 w7 h% q( X6 X, _
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 7 q0 {8 U5 y& v# t* j1 n9 U % T# K: ]# e* b5 [! {M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. ! N4 z, A# b2 I& |8 L! d* } k4 C" A r' H! j6 G# mL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。) p- ~- n/ a8 g- s5 r7 K0 |