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。7 Y! m0 Q2 M. ~- m
! D6 Y' }6 X: i. C; v/ nL: 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!$ a* j& n2 P. [$ @! a* U
$ O- M9 X+ s% wM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 5 k6 @, Q: x8 S1 c" ?# C " Z0 A- h. Z: V7 q1 l5 U6 LL: 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?& v8 }$ L$ U! m
+ ^0 c$ k) O1 O, B3 p4 jM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) z8 y) G# K Z3 H0 s- n
; z; W, I; r# x4 PM: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.# _1 O$ r5 ?, A! F5 I
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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? / ]4 T; { o! A% ^4 u( e0 Z( s/ O7 E P8 R1 m. S1 H U7 D3 L
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? ! h- O9 x* l# M* u% g7 Y& e 1 X6 J8 a6 e5 S7 X: {9 v' |5 `, jL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 6 a! v* w4 a4 T+ U7 a$ z; ]4 Z- z4 h* C& o- M
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 6 D4 u- P' @/ C1 y$ d& r: z: P 4 O& C$ K( J" O- M! m* U; ]1 bL: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? , i) ^; I; z( M7 n ! Y7 \1 P2 |# ]1 {5 n3 @# y9 @/ |5 vM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.; A1 i# k- |" R9 `
, t8 h- ~" B. m F3 x# mL: 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? * y8 ~8 [4 d3 k) |* x* N* U9 n: y3 S; D, g3 e
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!; s0 f- i" u; g4 c
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!% V! }3 T+ o8 Y4 J; L* o3 N. }
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)5 c, h1 ^" j$ |. T3 M# X9 p
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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。 + P8 ?& P5 V, I) B% F' S4 M; A) k& I2 G) z
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 5 N" `( ?$ m5 E) ~2 j- Y$ M: y4 w5 {" B) |
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。' R$ U$ ?# O! [# I
: \$ N% {3 l' E& k! i* ZM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 9 O; M" Q/ S+ j4 P3 d; k& P2 L7 X9 I+ {0 }# E4 g/ q. 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? & a4 O6 r6 `. P: j$ m9 h; I# M( _( G0 ]3 v
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 2 e: B ?+ U# @# j( q+ k+ {. N+ V0 t k7 a0 G
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。# ^0 F& }! F P: f* T7 e
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. & e. C/ s# g9 @5 F! N3 o% f3 M9 C" a& A7 J* U
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? ) u$ P' X4 Y. J( r; |, s) y; I1 m% e) t& N8 T$ R0 c0 S/ \$ r: X* P
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( A' {0 v" M- _! Y9 p
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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.. f m7 ?! G0 l0 P7 q$ a
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 4 N1 [) ~& K; C7 M5 y3 v! K ) E% L8 G! s1 F6 P! mL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 8 g* {; X+ Q8 _. ~/ X# n, t r" w ! n% p1 @! Z8 b, p x% iM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! . o8 i: v2 o7 v: b3 d- t8 J, y$ P- S! ~
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。$ o3 q3 i5 r8 Z6 \! S( _
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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.3 b6 c7 ?6 @3 O" _3 {