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。& I/ E( Y) \& r+ S
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L: 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! 6 m) w: W4 x$ o! j( H& Z ' a% v, @# O U9 sM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. $ Y0 [) O7 f$ C* _5 ~! d2 u % E# y: N" W: f9 d% t- W* f! x4 xL: 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?6 _" c% M1 q8 ~6 g8 H$ P8 e
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.8 H2 F6 L, T+ M! d' T) O! X
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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。 9 W# n! v( H2 O9 H4 q+ A: F9 J$ z- h+ c0 R3 v* A
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. 0 k% W( d/ q) Y" W 2 r9 O$ L$ q f! M# PL: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?; Z( o% Y9 m) E! v
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?" ~. S1 P. {0 R, u, i+ r
" j( U# _# U# |& v- \* U. }, ?! hM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 3 C. m% {. C2 l / M! s- @: s0 LL: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? 0 g: O8 `$ s+ x1 W W 8 [( W, ?. Z9 a. M3 L/ @! F3 yM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.. j$ y6 i) q8 v! Q: g0 F! ]
; f! J% s* p, E6 ^" K0 d2 pL: 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?6 I' J U/ Q' J- B \, p* u: n
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! / ^ ^3 n4 ?3 E, k7 u5 _) W; V# g; ~) b- R
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! $ v1 @6 z o% N% k% _1 Z' k; r5 d; Z$ w& h
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) , T3 ?4 U! r+ Y& U; {4 B3 ]# L/ O" Z. ~' [9 _8 y5 m% B
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。 % H3 L; f& U- E: y# v7 M& T' B6 B- L2 A) G" l( F% I2 U9 ^
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% m" s! O$ A! w
, b/ c+ U7 d7 ]6 C! G& j$ v/ b( x |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。 0 s8 `- a( G, }+ i4 L( x9 _ 9 g, b; Y: h H4 b. q; S* a0 C( |+ mM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.- p% U& \6 F6 W( L$ u' E
2 [3 V$ E/ w5 u9 \) r( e ^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?2 Z" b' H5 n. P
K1 Y8 |- ]" }' {4 a5 lM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. # h0 r! n7 j& I" ?2 @ % S& @1 T# o/ D3 S( b+ kL: 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。/ v1 y$ c+ h* u, v
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 6 `! j9 x( o- O% M6 C8 ` M ! B! L$ b$ `, X: z- g2 u6 lL: 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? - @) a. s3 |0 Z1 I8 ^ 5 ~9 u& w& D3 x$ nM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.& }5 e* c6 x" e$ b
9 a7 o z- [! n* v6 B: B8 l bL: 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. Y! m% K* j! X* ] [
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ x7 {+ H7 p/ @9 m( @+ l
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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。 K* H9 u6 |$ ~' C
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$ D$ e4 S, D& J7 M2 x( d) s' D, vM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 4 P: S: G1 z! `9 O" _1 N$ ^( M, i B * z2 R+ R7 x. mL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。' Z* }6 {/ c: E$ t1 b/ W