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" f' Y$ K/ }$ _+ wM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. / j- p/ ~) e3 O , P* c8 y1 M9 T Y+ VL: 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。 " s* q4 E: i3 F# y2 Z $ f' ^- ]) Y8 Q& s5 A DM: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.! H) j, q8 D6 k
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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?; \, a0 ~' X* G
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 4 w3 ?) x- {4 q2 m5 X8 x' ]( g1 l k9 | ; E! [( E* [3 H! v4 ZL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 5 k* X% k, U7 n# f7 B I' V0 x6 i
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." n- H( g3 E: Z' K# a% ~' G
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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? U! P! J1 L- K" J3 W/ e
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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. ; L7 `& U! Q$ H$ o/ O1 S7 C2 j+ D3 k8 K1 C; } G# t# M
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 Y& {/ g2 _% @4 o6 T D( z: ~* J% m7 ^! U
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# O, t7 I% p% L3 B. R
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! # [1 k4 F9 v! ^& N* @4 m9 K) j / Y5 W7 U) i/ J2 R; E(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 2 }( F/ p9 y. r( S0 t* R 2 W. B. V, [: 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( Q1 Q( M- s1 T: d" k8 F& \) h5 @$ m% i0 |
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 1 E& c" D, T; f1 [( n7 E) d# N. _/ I/ N( Z) \- w
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。9 z9 \+ `. m% R( [& j4 ]
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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?. j8 l: g) @: W$ S
, g4 W5 `6 a5 E9 @. V- xM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 D9 Z: u$ P2 i' s# M# v3 T
* I; h3 V9 I/ b) s8 o$ n l* s9 ^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。 " @' X/ J" [% }# | f8 ?' Y) j/ `5 B) d& N9 h1 p1 c o+ E
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. / @3 _# x# L; p# v& o o7 y! ?) ^9 E: |8 m- F
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? f1 B$ ~, J( W6 |
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. $ Z( W5 V: y, u T, g' K0 L . O t8 R. I2 ]' C" q8 |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.% c: f0 I' t1 Q& J! K% c
2 V5 ^3 F2 m. G( h3 G7 }3 YM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 7 o0 P2 w9 I3 I6 [' [$ J! S( v3 `9 j+ p
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 & R% M1 w$ K" b9 P& i9 ^+ } 6 f: ~$ }% Z; e, Z5 y; M7 V% OM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! ! p' s" \( W" V( c * o D9 z% V0 {3 Y1 b& ?L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 + s! {" y( J. q. X5 H8 C5 z$ Q. L& U* d+ _8 n6 e, v* e
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.6 l4 k* D4 w) b/ j! k
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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。- ?6 b$ t) s# m+ s+ }& R
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Michael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。 ' c! U4 {/ b b- p& `# V6 e以下为音频:4 ?; T, P: _4 D9 P& j