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 u/ @3 w0 r6 t 0 n8 E3 U+ B' C; a: o7 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! , H: M5 j/ e8 F. [( W% A1 Q5 d) m% L5 F; m0 }6 Y8 u
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.+ I% L1 a; |, A: f' b$ |
- b: z1 @. C: ?) hL: 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? - b* I, k. K) n( X3 H9 @- }; C N2 n* |
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. - i4 Y, B ?2 \- S' q4 N* I5 `5 [ / ?( v: Z2 Z- V) Z, V6 aL: 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。 : f- S. a/ A$ _; X' L- ?6 I% G8 b' a0 }$ b+ J% T
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. 2 i' E9 } U+ ^0 f% `4 v, \ + O- W2 {# C, t7 p) w* xL: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? * I) e j! `- X# |, ~7 D3 B- y* \/ }, ^2 w: u* h7 X: ?
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 l% K- f, E" _6 U7 p
6 Z% v! e! i$ K# r1 d5 W8 ?6 u" ]L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? $ L7 O" O% K8 {, }7 y ! ?; X* X; G) M+ o, r) e$ @6 Q6 t; ZM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.7 h `: q! m& D# U. B
, L7 \( D, F& {9 \3 ?" MM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.! {9 w& A; I7 z$ Y0 G
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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? 9 q+ g9 m. ]2 j( M1 V: @6 @* f) f 2 m: t$ u/ Z! E! uM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!( M9 I/ e& M: y( i
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 8 A. X; c( E+ @0 y" i# Y) z3 ~ ! _" w$ M% ^/ u6 P* ^7 r(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) ( s1 V1 W1 ^. M# M4 m, _& z. { 1 l# X" S U0 kL: 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。3 f7 I) v/ z# m {6 ]
' H2 L# ~! Y4 iM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( J t5 `) x) K2 w) F& H
- ], ~8 |" q" p6 m" m9 l6 XL: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。 R) l2 s3 t2 y* \
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. : Z/ g8 ?. I+ v* {' f8 @0 G$ ^' T4 |( x2 G( C6 t
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: o. B( G1 P+ n+ Y' n " h& G, F; i3 tM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 3 N, I# ?& K) A: _ 8 I3 S' ]0 O4 {7 q5 p+ G6 b; u aL: 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 M% I; f$ R" }. Y/ q) v0 x$ x3 Y3 u' L3 Q! C! \
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.) I( p6 S( Q9 Y5 _; C+ R9 W9 T: X; i
v$ c, W" T1 a8 g; k2 W. XL: 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? 4 `( ?# L6 h2 R: |; q" C# [6 n( ~+ @7 U" n/ R
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.$ |& \7 Z" K+ {/ n& L; N; m, z
% ]( Y( P$ }( Z& _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 d1 n, x- ]& V$ j( W9 V6 b
0 h1 M% w; M. U' y7 I/ vM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?6 b N4 k& n1 D
7 `( T4 b8 ]2 I# v* ML: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。1 I! s9 Q+ l. ?1 R P- Y
- E- t9 \1 h+ S7 nM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!7 _- m; A6 a' P% y+ n3 }! w
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 + J( `1 T+ b" E' h& b 7 C; D4 Y- \0 sM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. ( f0 O" n( f! @) a" `, E! ]2 L. Q3 M! {
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。" Z" @: |2 z7 Y) x0 }: V