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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? 1 J* F" j! y0 S( [ $ x4 x' G- f' i, R6 Q" |4 EM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 1 V) N2 V6 t) M @' z: r1 K9 U" p) w7 m# o
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。 & V: ~1 k( k# b2 W8 L* Z+ y8 a( v2 Y2 E6 y( p; [
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. 5 X7 m* [, U' N3 K: ~ 8 Y, r0 M$ D$ K& ]; m3 QL: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? ) ?5 V6 m. d2 P0 D. P. p / }% \$ @ ^1 Q5 {7 [. K- ^M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?$ ]5 [: G5 @* E( g) D3 T$ l R- ~
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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? % j; ]( r5 L7 E( `% V! f/ `0 L% T' r+ E7 K9 K+ y+ M
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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?% B; c% a$ h) D# c) I# Q. _0 T1 A
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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? 3 D5 K$ m& G! @; t6 q6 T5 Q F; B& C ]7 y6 y8 V( b$ J) @, ^
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! M) a; C6 Q4 ^
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! & Q( O# U3 g3 { c. X& \ E! {$ M4 H; a* \/ {" y
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 2 G$ b# i. C d" I' f* V N8 O 5 z( r6 |9 ?" h* p' j+ qL: 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。 4 {8 }3 Y, R1 j3 Y 5 f* I2 U! b! x& ^/ n9 rM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 4 o% q- F, g( V1 R/ s & ? V* a. c# a9 } h. J& ?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。- d. b- x, P3 q. n7 V4 i' c( T$ o
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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? 4 y# H; v& h& L- R% v- O8 s( d/ F% ?/ i9 J0 B; P7 s
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.' h. Q+ X I6 K9 f! 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。# Z2 N' r6 e8 d; Z; J
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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。5 b* d, {: K; f0 ?