# t4 t5 ], e5 z; h$ a. PM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.& g7 ]- ^0 s2 C
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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？" b; ?$ m% e) k
8 w- |' e+ a$ Q' S+ g; ?% ^M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 7 E& w9 t7 M( @- p* C3 @/ @5 q6 I9 Z- ~4 V$ p% X, I
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。/ W! b- T+ a. x5 ?% L3 v
) r* ]4 m" Y! n( eM：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; F7 n: n: v" p0 n* }
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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？; T/ a+ v8 T. G6 s5 u7 z
2 M. I0 d5 t, eM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 3 F3 D! V' A. a; e" w * e' h+ D, ^/ {9 w/ M2 {L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？/ F ]5 W/ I h, Q+ j
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) x& k6 C' ?; C# O" e" ^) i
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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？$ m% _7 _+ \7 i& { {
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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.; W3 n0 F& E8 J8 c
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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？5 A/ ]3 D$ ~9 n" i) ^
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M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！ $ ?' e" _7 q/ x- o3 ? 6 i( z& J9 v" t7 ~8 tL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！5 l, H% M: D4 V; J2 J
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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。1 G4 X6 `: d8 I5 A/ g8 N! R
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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。) n3 M4 p+ y& Y0 g* z- ^
( A& v1 [/ a- lM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.' i5 K/ _3 Z7 {) Y' D0 j& b
2 V- |( o) q! cL: 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？" }- i J- C9 _8 u# K' A
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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。* ?# }3 h8 j% D0 _; V
' ?( v$ L7 O9 B; X4 x- V5 d. nM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.! o4 Q. q" ?, A- N$ X' B5 m! _
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. E# E$ H" }) y- c: TM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money./ \, M a2 Z0 L2 l5 b) i
" |% W' j+ x O' \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.6 x9 }: b( @: y
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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。 1 w* E* z7 T' K- c, J' K+ j; V: n6 z $ v+ g8 g6 {6 {" Q1 NMichael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。 % [. G# v( o3 a6 K7 K7 S以下为音频： # o& [# N; K5 [+ f. A4 `, J
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