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。+ y6 y8 e" {: [3 g2 \* @/ |
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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！ : j$ d+ u, F8 Y$ ^1 i5 r3 J8 _; A$ ^ m- S- P1 i4 v
M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games./ {' e" o( E& e
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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？ l) |0 k/ }: I) X+ o9 ]7 h0 y! k! D
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M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.1 Y# z; n! L- i9 R5 Q
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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。+ U( d) D6 P3 U, l
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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.3 \6 B2 p$ K6 u7 b- b% 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？3 H5 ], x) N; ~/ g
! M r9 h3 a+ e+ I9 [M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 s$ Q( K+ e }8 z( p& 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？! @0 ^% s _1 W. o6 J& n
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. L6 S f- n# F3 R# B3 {/ W ; @* F; B6 |/ }0 [+ hL：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？ " o+ O, ?2 M ~$ X- q " f$ v. X1 F1 x7 X! [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.' n& s' C2 N5 q
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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？ " A- Z: x; G8 @6 S- q 7 v) `) K; c" j4 N4 mM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！. I( d1 z8 Y+ I' q1 i2 _% V8 n8 x
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L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！+ ^$ v) e9 {- d; @: ~+ y+ B
# J5 R0 ~; a6 A! L: {(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) - V6 k2 `& ^* W* S1 T$ v6 f* U6 B; n. R n# d3 h4 K' O2 N ?
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。6 C' E" I9 b% F$ m# {# I5 }
7 I1 O1 ?" l! wM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all." w# D- F8 o& a* Z8 L Y
0 P! V* P. [' t, f( s) EL：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。 o m M5 G8 y$ x8 d
# e1 h' J% _+ QM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 3 Q9 f7 u- w2 ^+ U# R; C : c) ?: |8 | z% rL: 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？ $ A7 E( D( B% A: n! k 0 Y" I, X8 ~ N2 _M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 6 `" L! K0 [9 h" _4 U. x' ?% @0 ]0 p6 ]7 G
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。7 V3 ~6 Y0 V9 A U, g
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M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.- i% H& @& w9 z; O- _1 l+ H# I" t# L" K
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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? 3 a Y' j: J$ J, s0 t% u* ?* J1 L * ] J% O3 ~5 g8 p. w2 z* U$ ]M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 3 g- f* r9 D( i& G i+ k0 I2 f Z1 {" S: f; q1 ?/ C; N! a/ kL: 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 l0 o' f- W0 v" ~0 k0 D
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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。9 z5 t9 H& Y- X
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! + ~# D+ B G) z1 A3 {, \0 `: A7 ^' Q& [& k( G
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。# S8 G2 I: c& G% R
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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. 5 j, K7 w+ `. Y% r# \' p & k5 `+ A; }. sL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。 , P/ ]5 G! k0 L) }& T9 _6 y0 j$ x$ I! C) W) q7 [( h+ k
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。, B2 C) t6 A% y9 L/ L- v
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