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。
9 _/ D- T7 ^: v3 p, X& G0 F& P0 _4 c
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 X+ Z  t: Z9 m2 i; t1 f4 J* |
M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

: L$ \4 O1 s% W% XL: 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？
( P+ M1 P9 y+ _
( C* A* x5 J( |# P- N+ bM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
0 N& B1 m9 }& q
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。

% l: L7 F) H) N$ ^- U9 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.
) i, d- j4 Q. n: s; S8 A% a
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？

M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?

L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？
4 z+ D4 N* m: w9 f
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.
! ?1 V" [, w  z! B
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？

6 O: Q4 b7 R4 q! j% x! UM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.
) h: r" T* L0 q
! M6 G( `! u" B  t" H' `1 _/ FL: 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？

# ]* r6 Q" V; d- yM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)
, c' z; j3 U; u6 m
& j/ `6 o. @9 ^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。

' p2 \- t! H, @3 M8 W+ I: E' CM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.

$ w) Q: c5 }* c( [( _7 J8 Y: _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。

3 w4 @" z5 `0 m$ k2 J3 ^: a: \M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.

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？

M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.

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。

M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.

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?

! x, X3 O8 Q8 B, a! JM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.
7 q  S  g& J+ [* O
1 L, q' b2 V: e2 I* jL: 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.
  y9 H0 z. P" k" k
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。
, p  u* q$ ?! H! X4 L
6 X8 V$ f& e4 _$ Y5 `$ V' |M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!
' n$ w: R& E+ k
) L/ y( {  [; C. K# f. oL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。

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。

6 R( P7 j0 O' F/ B% Y  c. n% a3 b3 gMichael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。
. r9 @0 l' B1 p$ g$ p以下为音频：