: J0 L# p' p* a& I. g6 N1 Z$ rL: 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!* v; i, ~6 \) w- {$ o5 ]/ b Q- [
4 L+ c+ H7 @. }; v+ DM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.. Y) x5 C3 D1 ^+ j( e/ k
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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?' `: s. \& t" x/ N4 ]6 ?" I
% B( m6 ~4 L( D, `, t, l# P$ AM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) z' k5 v- `' l8 R6 V% ~
9 D% E+ o/ W" \6 Y. k- b5 |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。 : D& G2 X: Q: t' H/ w 9 S2 `. o7 P. ]: eM: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. . _. T4 x6 P4 g1 a7 x4 ?( g7 A% ?' x( a' e5 `2 V$ j' G
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? 0 h( A" E1 Z! Y* c% @: Q8 D( f2 `% ]0 O6 k% N
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? , I' a, r6 ]& ?" L) ? ) ^ g0 w" M6 m) M% aL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?1 J Z4 H% D; D. P
1 s( y/ F$ S. N$ Y& x" @+ w# v$ L" }$ p9 mM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.$ L/ k' v; m4 F
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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 W. `9 h. [) U! F/ l! d* R" X 7 S" s' t0 v( i- CM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.1 k2 N5 V* Q+ ^
7 x# E. t* \0 B: x! V& NL: 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? & ^/ K# o% y" y6 N8 R, ?4 c- e6 J6 @- Z* f9 a+ w" `8 {( S
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!' O- p4 o! ]3 f
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 4 p$ v( R( T& i! T: P# |6 ]4 D9 x* Z
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7 [* ]: x) J* U# U" FL: 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。 w2 @5 f# H/ w8 Y. H9 @' O4 t, p6 U0 B
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.: @6 I- f9 U: |* d$ i
- O. | |$ g) k% y2 G! mL: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。 5 {2 g; Y9 _7 S0 @, W- t) k3 r5 X( E' o+ N; v7 c# ?" `
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.4 Z& V% \. d6 r7 N/ O: g: x
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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?& S& p% i( y, P9 H- E! C% t
* U# l- k8 u- r8 Z3 k$ m& @. |M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.8 A1 L: d4 K8 h# Y8 `
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) ?( U' J0 G d; u9 z0 [M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. / {4 }; F3 g/ {" B- P5 \- _( y$ S, b& P
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? I" h( j! d- q7 a% B
( B/ w% R* G% D# m$ F% Y5 KM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. . l# m, Y( z6 K% N( O/ \9 w2 ]. M" N/ b9 N0 p* D
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. 8 Y* K- Q7 ]/ z) O 1 \ p7 y+ f2 P- o2 b' l# w3 ~M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? ) Z7 z* s0 ]+ n# Z8 U& d * Z% H' v5 \& q- m5 ^: `. kL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 4 y$ R; _% T5 ^& A' n$ Y" M; E' b7 X
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! e9 |, f+ W4 a9 ?6 e
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 1 `, e) s' i6 a, _5 I2 w8 q/ a: I ~4 a3 I( |3 I9 Y
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. ) J I+ Y& c/ {1 O7 m) |" D- o2 y3 B* k4 q8 N, S# K1 K( u$ r
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 / `+ c2 v O/ o8 L% {$ w5 S" ?2 b5 o( G9 l" Z# a! `
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。 7 Y6 n# k* M8 |7 B* [. M! \& E以下为音频: 1 P( I% y: I0 [( @