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。4 g. [! S; B) K2 R
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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！: K; d) K$ n# S5 a6 {
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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.! d7 {4 ^6 r( R, ?. j
7 h6 c; I: O- G" J+ pL: 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？7 Q; B, i0 W7 O. s, G+ m
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M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.9 y$ w% V9 e8 M* d
0 M4 f0 t( S* A, P" sL: 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。" j3 A- M7 u2 m+ [: I+ V
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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. " Z' |: |& r/ y. O, m) ? \5 S - w1 p& O9 x! a U( s- L7 sL：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？9 Y5 w: U3 j. N; {5 V4 [- _
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? N) B2 t H: X- U$ z8 {
' [2 @- y6 n/ S2 H; UL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？' ?- ^/ L. h7 U/ f B3 x
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. & o! K9 ?; h W* R9 R* H" I; }! Z1 z9 m; A( C' Z1 V! |
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？6 m! k! T; H# ~' a/ N
3 O B! b' Y1 v" {) D, OM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. ' @! B8 Z, ?- b, Y' Q6 A( s) F J u4 v( r L
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？1 \) p; u( f& N8 o7 C1 E" f, ^
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M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！2 D3 {, Y7 N0 e3 \# k/ z) A6 n
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L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！4 o- U: P5 w" ?6 H! M( S
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)4 H, ~. W) _# F$ @9 E3 J* }( G
7 r5 Q! k, H$ [$ `% SL: 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。) r- d7 {9 ^" B1 t7 i
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M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. ' q$ L8 y% N: [0 z7 t6 |& l# l1 u/ P; t+ v: 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。8 Z5 T" t Q e8 R6 n. G
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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？% A( L I3 D2 V: ~/ k$ j
. k& \! Z. {4 t2 {' a& d8 GM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.2 s8 v- Q+ v8 ]" g* J
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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。 ( A+ m% K( ~9 E. G9 q5 [& k- I6 G - g+ N, n: u% M, yM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 0 {' k8 g& p {/ W' P, @$ p7 }0 d5 C
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? ) \- |) ~$ r, s' s$ j h$ b% Q8 ~2 l) ^, k
M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. h; E6 g# I% m2 K5 q9 V$ ? 2 c; m: D8 m; g: r( q1 A; FL: 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. e' `) Z% S3 h2 L. N : H$ `4 H! u5 V2 P% {$ aM：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# O# I/ Q6 {- B5 {. E( I4 Y' u
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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。" ~4 D0 h5 ^7 w. E# i1 S% I
2 b% R- V$ q3 j. PM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 7 `) }- P2 {6 ?1 Y) n' N1 T* m. H# A* y6 m' |; n
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。4 l" g: O9 W4 D, j" z
$ p% [1 |- m6 |! |- lM：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.' T/ n5 ~& l9 k9 e$ E6 T
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L: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。 : L7 ?. v8 ^9 j2 h7 V2 H& B V3 y+ N S. h g q; o& I
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。; Q1 H. p% E+ N( N, Q6 ^: a$ j
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