$ U. q/ w- z7 [6 Z. TL: 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! $ E6 k1 ^1 k6 {& ]8 z , K9 s* u; E+ x, m4 Q- SM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.6 Q7 U6 d, p" Y) Y0 _. L: U Z
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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?" u' }' L8 O) N
! \ x# t* z- W- s6 `# E* WM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( ^6 j, U* H8 G1 ]
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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。 1 r' w4 q6 w' U L: m3 a) Z8 \9 G; u, W! T
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.4 {5 x! m# L/ t8 H% c, o# t) c& a
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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?) p& t6 L& k( S/ U! B( }- r
/ t7 p/ a( C0 ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? ' u* K9 M& c. w& {/ u: n 5 t7 F+ w" e) jL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?3 W: L) _2 u4 _; b; p! N
, F; |$ q/ f0 A" y9 HM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 r' j5 l( ^% e$ s% l5 J
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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? " U5 q( d6 E% C% P% H ) `, {% C: h9 l8 z8 xM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.( }& A0 U7 V8 x4 E
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 N+ W G- d! M; V9 V% r; D; T
" D0 G& g1 Y) p% o3 g: @M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.* V% c9 Q. n* {# L5 n% ~7 m2 @
3 a( L L- \" j& x, e9 }. HL: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。 ' v9 A, O' v U+ x8 } 4 n2 K5 c# U7 X5 G( vM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 8 U, C0 D- b+ o, P4 I5 k* H) o$ ~0 A3 x4 g2 B j# w/ p2 z; Q3 {; X
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? 6 S3 E8 w7 J! l5 F2 e" w( ~" ?" C* T
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ! e9 i$ |, c, p. k I% m, @ 4 E9 [5 k6 b+ x+ r- j2 Y) l* bL: 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。 8 V3 M) j) W* v ; R' M& n. B4 L4 T) ?M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. p1 |% }3 Z' `6 p$ k: s
; P7 i3 n$ t! N2 @2 v9 s$ LL: 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?3 w5 v. [+ R# v- ~
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. $ h8 O9 s3 l* J ( ]8 {5 b% a% f, Y; `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.+ i% ?; l* `- P9 W! \3 Y* k7 o
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?8 k1 Y4 ~3 k$ Z2 @! q P