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。 / W# n3 h5 M) z5 ^* f0 i ! t8 Q* l9 R. U/ ]4 a& mL: 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!, W% L) V& A, n; t* |' {' P
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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. . V/ {9 W# v. S+ K, j' q# s" h1 s$ M0 C4 @9 I) X+ Y) r
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? 8 U5 D" Z/ ^% U5 ]! n3 m; U5 D* j$ v5 q9 Y5 d; a# f
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.. [3 F/ r5 |' _; l6 i
. H4 A7 F- `2 E- | UL: 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。3 t* E' e! S: `4 g9 z: y
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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. , N8 C+ N. N/ |3 h0 \) C+ Q L6 m% H% A
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?' H0 J% R- G J
4 E# ~# {& ?( G: I$ ZM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 i k5 c: p& z0 Q. X
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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? ( ?7 C7 w- v) _, N( z9 G3 e2 F" P; n/ w8 m2 n1 V, T
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. # g# w3 S, D. a2 `, ~" `* B; S L+ _ , I8 e3 S9 V; M3 T7 Q. F5 w' |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?4 y' y. v6 s) z0 m- Z1 h
; c2 N9 e' }0 G! J+ `+ cM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. + p: j) v, `- i0 k! K4 h, l8 ? F8 z. C: g. a; JL: 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 \& ^3 `/ a: u" |2 [* q6 X4 l: y
; \, ~& Z1 h7 p+ _. g. K9 SM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! 6 K8 o4 G0 U3 q + Q h4 r+ p: LL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( q o3 E; @+ g6 J/ J
$ }9 j0 X M3 ZM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 6 S$ j) g `0 A- T0 | : f3 y; P9 V4 d+ \& aL: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。" L e- j' x5 y3 f* e, J( Z
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.5 p* I* K& e& a( f: j
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8 T5 e( Q \, D0 FM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ) ~& f) O: \( \$ m) \0 a2 e ) k7 D: U! ^, b' {0 n: NL: 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。 + M/ s9 ]" [* W+ k5 ~ ) C+ I8 m( K. \, ?M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& ~ B7 m5 B4 o( a4 [. c2 ~: S
@( `+ ~/ u4 o; U3 P# g0 CL: 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 B1 ?. y; `0 G$ w. ^( g' y ' Y# g* w4 u1 c" |; v! @: M7 B2 WM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& E$ a/ b% g3 T3 u1 y
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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.+ G" p. T- `0 w; I) Z
$ \8 J7 m, L8 w, Z, u- s$ r2 lM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?! w9 H7 @. @5 q0 V
3 u' {# s& Z' y% i4 A/ W1 xL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 1 N5 D( k% f9 s # m' y7 Y! v- P4 TM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! & C. \& d$ e6 E& n) P5 H, y$ L" M& d1 z& C. h. {6 \5 e* B
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" p6 ]9 w4 N1 _9 ~& x6 J. D
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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./ E I6 i r0 s! a