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。6 a2 V& T, |+ M$ ^9 r O$ C, e, E
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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！& m/ t3 Z! s) a
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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. + |. ^; |' h; B5 d9 Y( Y/ M- y$ Y# ?) y- ?5 g6 Z
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？. M4 z4 ?+ D. U! k. c0 _
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M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke., H8 F5 x. \# ^) Q1 F* E3 D
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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。4 ]7 M. {+ I5 z! w. o. O
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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. 6 F1 W. t1 T! L: t5 O3 u9 D# g1 u" u- Z+ g( T! `7 h, ?
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？/ v7 g- R9 B& \
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?5 B, K1 o5 c& m9 y5 g/ z% k9 e+ P
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L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？ ) Y, l0 C2 |/ h! H3 l( V1 U1 w) ?4 {5 l7 e
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 4 E( l2 j% j) U7 u; Z % O) V5 w9 J: R' ^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？ ) R: W! [. h0 a! C3 A9 _, b $ q7 U# p) i+ L. J9 R @ lM：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, D0 S! s4 r1 d7 w0 R( d7 J; t5 I" P+ c1 G
L: 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？ 7 a, v4 q5 J3 m3 l/ c! n8 `9 u: O+ w8 H& o
M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！% e; n) q% W! O7 e% ?, k
6 @4 V5 ] \5 D `L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！0 A, i) t$ ~+ d7 S" c/ {& L. X
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 3 h/ j/ J" x+ T' N( H" Y7 v 0 q3 |, t( r8 ?1 m, 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。% J! r0 h$ F$ K" T
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M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.# Q7 u" m/ h# J( l6 O+ t
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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。1 T W+ p# c2 ^- b
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M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. , U8 i+ {# s) U; w; X8 P$ K3 @. d/ \$ p7 V/ N! A& v5 w3 a2 C
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？ 0 a/ K6 ^( Y3 L6 d0 B3 M7 | ) k, c% s! r9 m GM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. , `' r2 P1 D! Z9 ^; g( r R, Z+ p8 b# g+ x3 x
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。 w2 ~6 d- f9 b 1 M" \ |8 r2 M; K3 h5 U3 P/ i3 W# pM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.2 l6 z r4 o+ d: l3 x
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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? * V; s% ^ b/ g$ u4 N& `) Z0 D% r+ v+ m. k
M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. W7 H* q* o+ _% D, y5 `) v2 G5 z% H" a1 V+ @3 ?7 o1 \/ R
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. 9 i9 E, o: m$ x9 W/ _# W. e* R & U, M2 ]8 m# A/ ^4 n" n3 @M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?" w6 V3 j3 k. X* b" m$ G
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。5 |: H) V" N, D# m _9 c6 n
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! % X4 Z5 y5 \2 k" ^9 b* E* |5 k" V, I) U; y. _8 W6 \
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。/ o& M2 p: ?* {2 J0 z- K
' T, N/ w4 r2 K& O5 YM：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. : k! ^4 p" D8 F6 z0 z7 R" ?5 s # i' S; i" K( g5 ?0 N% ^+ F" GL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。7 E3 I" y9 k o' S* h, I) d
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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。 y* {! O$ z J+ s' T' t; I
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