3 ~; ~' u, Z7 i! H/ mL: 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!1 g, ^4 m& B$ E* N% h3 r
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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.+ s; D n* m5 r7 F# Y! \
^0 X2 k8 f% l! \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? 2 O. ^. M5 D/ }3 T* x0 \9 A' T3 E, j: f9 S3 @
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& _! U- W- X' }+ y2 u! d
3 `7 P' z4 N; g8 r& b8 jM: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. ' T) Q# c6 C- r) v, Y8 ~7 i) g/ D & }% F$ f3 S5 h' Y( X9 J/ O+ PL: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?$ ?2 f( K; _! Y" G7 u. X
2 X) ^: C* R( @. c9 c* `4 lM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? * }2 M( Q$ t1 W( n& g3 Z0 x4 m, q4 n! |9 J$ ^. S) }
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 6 e$ z% z. g; @1 l# ? * K o B+ M$ ?1 TM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.& j/ K8 V# o1 U- L: p) V2 Y
+ X3 M% U& H3 f, _+ Z4 N$ LL: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?4 r) Q# h A }* U$ \3 x! x# A6 j
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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. + d; S( a. R- s0 `# m # q" |, Y' ?$ K. @5 e iL: 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? 1 J2 m3 D& g& T: P6 _! C, l) A' D1 \. N
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!9 h" r' L3 f" i, S
, K$ {9 Q8 b: i7 uL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! ( v' u3 A+ d8 F. d4 m/ H1 e 8 V2 I6 y3 s9 W(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)8 k# p4 {3 B9 y( C
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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。 e4 D# p- S- Z* P1 A/ a- O
& ]* d+ \: l+ G% J% [& VM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.: K3 Q' H3 ~8 @# M6 U" n5 y
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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。 0 _) x, C3 \/ d* d, i B 3 ?' k' G# E- H" H6 N% I* RM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. / Q3 o+ @$ _! j& S1 _ 4 C# i8 A v/ h2 Q/ NL: 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?. D; h" r! t: _8 l" M# Q
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level." ^- C2 U" {1 n3 f8 W5 U8 d
" n8 g) Q; Q6 l, q' 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。 8 F& b! M' O4 a+ P. R 2 R V. |5 t" @' gM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. ' q9 v/ I% U$ q' W! y; T ' E1 U: W. v/ u2 Q2 b8 p$ ML: 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; {$ p4 d, \4 _( Z
E' u0 _1 q% vM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. " S7 P2 c& p9 f! H% |! s% {) s 3 i& A: e. E3 mL: 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.( l2 m0 x- z0 Y7 E; C8 Q
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 6 M ]0 m( w" h; j3 F' }- A# \5 m' ~* P 7 s L# c! i) aL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 9 {" H/ G3 m( ^/ l4 O' \; u, D' U * m; T5 i& }/ s& wM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!3 K' p; h) `% q/ h7 r
! ~8 \/ w* p2 g. i/ A$ |6 XL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。8 T" q& _$ c: z$ m0 B. y: O# } k
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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 1 @0 f! `# L+ T9 x# C! x$ x& J% I' z, b' ^5 p; [" f3 l, A/ C
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。, a5 a, a' a8 s x) H9 Z9 ^
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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。; c/ ^* Y: Y- J7 y
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