S' w( j) ~8 V; T7 b/ ]M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.8 F% ^- \4 l9 a8 F0 w# E; s$ B
0 f+ E* M9 z2 K3 g7 ~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! M5 [9 e/ L* L1 b9 Y* b% _$ D T- h: ]3 |
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.* X, s9 H* }) `7 N( U6 o2 ^4 A
% ?5 o9 f3 }" |, Q- o8 ]" cM: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.8 D; t8 X$ a4 Z. ]( E3 {& ^+ U
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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? 5 i4 {: b7 H+ }0 g' A3 Y" C3 @- I L( g# `
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 9 I7 x8 I5 K; ]" s _: u5 |5 s0 zL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?# j% B3 d; G' l3 u; i. H3 R, n
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week." b/ s! x5 F; x4 r9 E
7 G8 M @ E4 D- \' wL: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? 9 }* R. C# ?1 ? 4 s- e5 k2 z( i9 [# MM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.) o) A1 {: Y% M
# ^) S2 B3 [% x6 `. i$ B! ]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? ; y0 ?6 M0 i% u# B/ F, B' E: h+ H u
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!" p( v- ~1 Z5 l" `: L
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!* p$ E7 y% w: o9 S3 c
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 7 n! |: S, Q! l6 x8 L& Q# h 0 W+ |1 P$ D A- FL: 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。- {4 z; K2 X7 ]3 ]/ q0 m
, u6 U2 |; ^" Z3 bM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. ' a1 W/ P4 D1 `. w5 {; _' v/ V7 N8 O, ~6 X8 {8 a* e! i+ `$ ~
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。4 l0 s- M/ U) }2 m' l" D1 C, g' {* s
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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?9 D4 X a* r- A5 a( u
$ U j9 M( ?. jM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.( t# Z8 G' h* r
$ O- Y9 F, T& {) eL: 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。 4 I: o! ^# ]& L- x/ _% _ - L3 s$ W' d- J: uM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 9 ]6 I4 G N. ]" T0 h, N* Z* K! E4 G, ?8 Q! H
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? }4 e% _1 H, V# T
, \- e; [# S% m3 j4 HM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 6 v5 Y0 m1 B. A! G) E# Q# P. z( H* m. H4 x& G0 J
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.) d7 q6 T: ] z+ f, z) E
, I' C3 _+ C0 t rM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 7 R1 o* @1 p7 h% N : {- K3 J$ _" |3 X) JL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。" P6 T; F: Y/ U9 |1 Z
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! : S& W5 |* r, h5 w9 P) S' q 1 x, L2 A- W) n2 O+ ~L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 . Z5 k- m9 G: S+ J% g1 K2 c& H1 g9 Q5 A- J
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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。 * X6 e8 U4 M8 p以下为音频:: ?- F% Q8 X. a- R