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。& e2 ~! k9 y' w* A" B4 i4 g
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L: 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!' R) I9 w' `3 t3 `( a- y; ~
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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. : p" g9 r6 e% w/ X* e, a $ n9 Y/ G& i' 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?3 b( u: R* Z$ s1 G {* p
% w6 u! p" n8 V3 ]6 p# @& T' TM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 9 G7 z# F5 }. S6 m" n) J 4 u; ?4 X' g$ g5 l. A, O; |+ {9 kL: 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。 1 q* P/ Y3 B6 r) ]5 |7 r. e! l4 H+ I8 U, U2 L: Y
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. & }# o1 i0 r$ ~1 ~0 U- x t r9 W4 S2 W; j0 _
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?, u$ N* `% f9 e5 J
" A, y1 J3 P; Q! ^M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 5 y: ~6 O! x& k( a* L! H' }- m
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?% T% D$ D- r( \% e' b2 M: Z
$ Y# r. R& Z. kM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.% u# z* B! \% \( X4 m2 _
/ l) d- b5 u/ 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? P+ F7 i! N! C N- f1 I5 u1 C" {7 p8 O/ M2 x5 |9 l) C5 o
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. # }7 i/ u' N0 ~ v( O1 O % h. Y7 }2 ?" E/ yL: 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? . q8 B" m0 v) r' K! L/ g % p) l% Z# \% Q. {$ N3 E- EM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 P) V5 |% S: H. C! H
$ Z/ K L8 L. f% {. n y9 tL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!, w z0 h# C5 u/ P' Z
0 d( u6 P) ^) x* _7 g. g1 Y(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 5 g _0 q% O/ f o, K3 } 8 |% F# z8 y; X- b% 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。 , n; X* @5 s1 A1 ]/ r8 g# u: k1 v , o. T7 g. x; ], u8 L' q" j7 T, sM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 0 E4 d- Q; T* @6 y( \; h3 n- Z9 k1 N2 P7 S1 m5 [
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。1 r8 ]' y8 S% M: U; {4 b" s
( F# E i" Z' w8 e1 Y8 E0 yM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. / \3 s" |! S6 h2 s4 m3 k) G6 S, K$ r3 c" d* j8 b8 I
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? 7 \' \# l# X) A2 q; j4 A8 r$ r, S: X- \2 _% p: @: O$ u. z
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. * A5 V F+ T. C/ D$ _# G! q f5 k& E4 C8 g) s
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。 # e( F3 F+ y* Y. T- f 1 v4 |4 u; D B4 [6 r% y9 tM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.$ u" ], L3 i! e% X
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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?6 L$ z: Q5 F. a' f( `1 V8 @, X
0 q% N! |4 D6 {! [( o1 ]8 u% n0 uM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.2 G" w, s% u6 b1 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.' O# U, A f- F, l0 d5 @1 P- b6 j
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? $ s8 _5 F3 m0 S' E9 ^6 N$ P$ [9 m" t, {2 B3 A' Q
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 3 g3 S* m! n& O. K6 k P6 Y; K3 R/ U% ?: Q, O. T8 F* [9 t
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!/ N! ]& }) ]$ V: G
8 z$ q' r: ]0 E3 U; Z' E5 GL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 * p' U6 t; H' t( {) L7 t% L. N/ `
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again., m- N/ N) x8 i7 s
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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。) l' ^9 ~" J- J7 c. ]