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 L/ E% q8 l D3 X" j# Y " J3 I" q; D ~2 }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!, r* m3 a8 e! g" v6 b- s
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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? ' ^9 u: w9 z/ J- {" G* z7 Y: I) i! I
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 4 A+ }3 |. s/ }- S: Y2 }0 j- ~# U9 E8 p1 e: d
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。8 o4 @) Y. D# e7 w; ?
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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.9 T7 n$ _9 h6 W5 X( C0 L" {
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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?3 m0 G% K$ ~' A) X6 x5 G
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? " Z9 j" k( R' O7 G& Q0 h+ S2 N+ N5 q
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?: a: j6 G6 ~* y
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. ' A% B* A; Q% R W" B0 M4 ]. ^- v6 Q8 H$ ~' X K- g2 w* v0 r+ ]% k3 s
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? ! m' U5 z3 ^3 l* l! P7 E) O* v2 }9 ?1 r& A
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. / E# U& m. b6 Y/ [* C( V - N3 t. j# i! DL: 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? 9 ^* O9 o- n0 k$ v1 N' k0 ~ t 6 b6 e e3 H9 g( VM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!6 C e6 B: a" `% { i+ X
0 e2 v3 y, x( T. X+ E) RL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!1 v% E: z. e+ y( S7 O2 [
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2 C& l3 s+ Z0 ]# ?! d; R& {, C9 rL: 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。/ `' q% T0 w- a+ ^: J5 f( G5 }
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.- N" `( r2 m' T: @/ {2 U
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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 O- e0 N1 `" m! I A
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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? " r" ]* J# ~& B2 }4 c: j1 K$ J. t3 k
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.. p1 @! i0 s% N' U3 }
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 3 M3 x0 f+ C2 i* A0 }; S% S) J 5 k# c5 P8 i: s, HL: 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? 9 ?& R& I' l$ U H; Q 4 P' ^" y. F3 m, x3 iM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.7 c n! P$ l5 S( k6 q0 x
' B9 \% D$ d: S& L& c) VL: 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. + S' T+ N9 q/ t! m$ r: h 7 q- ~* ] @9 X8 RM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? # n# D+ z1 s! M) H3 W9 _2 d 7 S; N5 J4 N% e8 e- `. NL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。6 }! }0 B' E$ X4 W
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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.9 C8 ?5 l; |0 _$ Q" [6 o* U5 h