美國(guó)之音之流行美語choke / money

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Michael和李華今天去看籃球比賽。球賽是在紐約大型室內(nèi)體育館[麥迪遜廣場(chǎng)花園]舉行，這場(chǎng)比賽是華盛頓的球隊(duì)對(duì)紐約的球隊(duì)。 Michael到中國(guó)去學(xué)過中文，他讓李華跟他講中文，以便練習(xí)聽力。 現(xiàn)在他們倆正在排隊(duì)進(jìn)入體育館。今天他們?cè)趯?duì)話中會(huì)用choke和 money這兩個(gè)詞。

L: 嗨，Michael，謝謝你買到這么好的票！我真高興能到[麥迪遜廣場(chǎng)]來 看球。這可是有名的體育館喲！

M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.

L: 你也喜歡來這里看籃球比賽啊，那太好了。今天是紐約隊(duì)比華盛頓隊(duì)， 你看結(jié)局會(huì)怎樣？

M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.

L: 你說紐約隊(duì)會(huì)輸？ 你還說什么 choke? 你是說他們吃飯時(shí)會(huì)噎著啦？這跟輸球有什么關(guān)系，我不懂。

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.

L：噢，我懂了。 你說的choke 是指紐約隊(duì)會(huì)抵擋不住華盛頓球隊(duì)的壓力而輸?shù)?，?duì)嗎？

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。考試考糟了，可以用choke 這個(gè)字吧？

M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.

L：你上星期考試考糊了？嘿，Michael，我還知道怎么用choke這個(gè)字。你 不是老想請(qǐng)那個(gè)姑娘出去玩嗎？你請(qǐng)她，她連電話都不回，這可真讓你choked了，對(duì)不對(duì)？

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.

L: 噢，你說得可真輕松，沒關(guān)系，因?yàn)槟悴幌矚g她。好，那你告訴我你喜歡哪個(gè)女孩吶？

M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！

L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！

(Michael和李華找到了自己的座位)

L: Michael，你看，紐約隊(duì)看來不會(huì)輸，他們贏了兩個(gè)球，現(xiàn)在還剩十秒了。只要紐約隊(duì)不失去球，他們就不會(huì)輸。

M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.

L：你也認(rèn)為紐約隊(duì)可能不會(huì)輸？等等，你看， 紐約隊(duì)丟了球！這下他們完 了！華盛頓隊(duì)要求暫停，他們還有贏的機(jī)會(huì)。

M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.

L: 你認(rèn)為華盛頓球隊(duì)會(huì)贏，Michael Jordan 會(huì)投進(jìn)最后一個(gè)球。你說 "He is money "是說他會(huì)賺錢嗎？

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

L: 噢，這兒的money不是指錢，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: 姚明當(dāng)然很棒，所以也可以說：Yao Ming is money。那我們班的 Steven，他考試總是考得很好，也能說，He is money?

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

L: 原來凡是好的東西都可以說是money。我們正在吃的比薩餅是很好吃，所以也可以說是money.

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

L: 我們常去的咖啡館當(dāng)然非常好，我一有空就想去。

M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!

L: Michael Jordan贏得了比賽，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，你快回去準(zhǔn)備考試吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻煩了。

Michael和李華今天在對(duì)話里用的兩個(gè)詞意思是相對(duì)的。 To choke是糟糕，失敗的意思；而money是保持高水平，非常棒的意思。最好大家都不要choke，都成為money，那就太棒了。今天的[流行美語]就到此結(jié)束， 我們下次再見。