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。
+ R4 C9 z2 H5 @8 H( U5 g( r
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！
7 v. e) c5 B# d5 j) D. W& O
/ O3 N2 {, ]/ _9 d$ M, a5 N, d& O6 SM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

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？
5 \9 U5 `2 S2 Z  k1 P* j
. j. C. v; n7 Y1 i+ k1 V9 bM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
4 A( Q0 J# G5 ~. ~6 M9 _
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。
2 O/ A; q# A9 D/ ]: t/ ^
3 r4 T' F9 Y/ I9 f+ `, V( l' A# vM：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 r3 h7 L8 f/ r6 }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+ K1 w: b/ d" G
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?
# i/ ]* B, S0 A+ K- x
5 I8 B1 m, t2 D7 ~* ?: ~6 ^: |L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？

6 f6 f/ T: Q$ e2 ?- s; AM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.

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？
5 U$ _; P0 ]7 |7 b& r7 S/ e, {
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.

4 t6 \) a2 t* y% b; q) P  dL: 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？
4 f/ H! C2 b: ]( j  a  c
M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！
, r7 R2 F5 H) H
L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！
! S. \7 ?' H. J
& k( ~7 N/ I0 b8 ]0 e(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)

' a, E+ j" U; j" R+ a: {3 `1 }L: 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。
+ P) `7 L+ b3 D9 v5 Y4 K
- `% l+ {/ C# i& E0 EM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.
9 ]+ m7 }5 h/ k8 Y4 A. J2 m
3 F( V; |7 Z' L& H# W6 d5 Q% O6 i. H- jL：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。
3 h2 j3 G8 q8 d. P% u
# d; _9 y% }1 `8 }' K- ?: lM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.

1 b' A" d; ]; k4 T2 C& rL: 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？

( N: ^" I5 \& U' I% a  z% @+ a2 I! |M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.
: Q% c/ ?/ v% B, ?
" \( k/ k- \8 U- 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.
1 w. C7 {7 G5 p, N1 o; D2 T9 Y7 p7 r! ~
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?

* z# P0 O; b$ E3 c8 M" RM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.

) z0 G0 m" J& N4 D! 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.
! V+ ^1 E9 G% f
M：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。

M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
  h/ _7 O2 F; c: @
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。
' `" d1 e- ^, @" x
+ u& h3 i1 S+ G) @M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.

L: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。

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。
以下为音频：
# D: Z- X. i7 s" D; u