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。
% A0 D3 M0 o& M/ r; {, c9 H+ @: ~: ^
2 B, X1 M7 {, r$ VL: 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！

M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.
; Z/ |1 `+ `# l7 Q5 h
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？
7 L/ `, e0 z! G6 R  u
: R$ X: ^3 n! j, w7 k: UM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.

& G  t5 c6 a8 o/ F" QL: 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。
0 A# s2 ^. F9 {( ~2 k5 m
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 m- L% S+ e  ?, NL：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？
" |6 P* G5 r9 J
( z7 \9 q; o* _5 @3 p* QM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
& o+ v4 J4 u: y" C$ P! t6 r/ v" h+ w
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.
$ Z% m, J3 S7 G: r3 l: }1 ~+ u2 _
1 q6 O1 F! P1 p: |7 AL：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？

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.
) v/ f9 W( [0 s3 @9 F: n
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？

) U% ^  `# R; S% x, Y7 sM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

/ S5 b- v8 ^3 f/ B2 bL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

7 a) R( R5 I. e1 f' H8 a(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
7 q* I$ g! }6 }+ e& r3 t2 h" K" x
" v% f6 R1 G0 `4 q$ QL: 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。
! e3 m4 j" }" Z) w+ C+ C$ N, @
M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
; ^2 Q" v4 n7 o
9 o5 O/ P: h; @, i( K7 D" F' RL：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。

9 j. N  b# t* j2 X( IM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.
  c" o5 ^' K7 ~. G7 q0 E
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？
" i$ ^2 }9 w; u$ L4 W/ u$ u
9 Y/ q. |  a0 e- UM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

" q7 h# j( {' t* ~: SL: 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.
; N  G% k. h/ Z; K) 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?

M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

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.

M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?

- n3 c7 O7 z- {3 o+ ~4 UL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。

M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
. T9 b8 C2 Y+ o0 {% V% `8 Q. C+ O2 R
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。
9 S) |( o+ B0 i
& u& n1 s, l1 QM：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.

' U' ^- z% E% E7 N" k: Y7 t3 T' J0 EL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。

+ |' @4 u$ q6 B7 K$ c7 J# XMichael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：
% c$ D6 Z4 M1 y3 q; O! `7 f$ [