# `7 L9 l1 z x/ o; ^' KL: 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# [# T7 P& i) H( @- d4 L # W( i5 S4 D2 t! [4 v" `: Q4 ~$ XM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. ! k: e5 P0 K% Q* p1 P% ]1 B, a: V2 c9 G b/ y+ V( g4 Y, k y: e
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? 4 i: A M0 s0 x! A6 w. X 6 k+ j e- l% B4 G6 B1 |7 LM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. ) K* X6 m. V n6 ?: Q F . U" T% S1 J. M+ v4 z: q+ b* ^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。1 N7 Z% X. T4 e( y/ `4 o# A( l
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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.1 i9 ~# `& X% k8 V* C1 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? 6 d0 @: S0 q& K B8 y& D 6 @. d, F% E" b" Y0 Q- EM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?. B$ v/ Q2 s0 \- D; J" L$ u
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.4 C% b) [1 p9 t; E0 J8 J
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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?8 d [! Y W. O9 E* t9 r: C
7 J* W8 |/ @& Z# 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. 7 b5 A: o4 ~# q & o' m. u, z5 }5 WL: 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? ' T! `! c$ g/ t5 h& W) W C: Z1 n3 W, S2 h' O3 P1 e8 B$ H* w" I
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!7 w. o! h3 e+ b- a! J) k0 m
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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。8 }9 }% @4 O0 V/ a& ^$ N8 w
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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。 4 V! Q9 S5 g& ~( o5 H V6 I % L; p# {" X0 x/ Y5 h2 U# nM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money." e1 `3 t& P: U: x$ s9 E
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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? ) U$ Y& G% h( K# G' y8 e + W/ r6 E: d9 CM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 5 k7 l; e7 y% \9 @, z" N a2 A; }/ s8 m9 |( n4 ]5 }% vL: 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。 j# s* w {, D- {9 Z: ~1 W+ q, ~
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