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。 4 T* Y1 d1 _' P, ~. Q) z# D9 b: x% S" }
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！ 9 r- a% R, X/ G8 r% V& ~/ P* L0 R+ b8 s6 ]& ^- J2 _ c+ X
M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.9 k/ P6 u9 E( h4 J
: y3 W) e, n2 z+ {( e+ OL: 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？9 b, d. Y6 n6 F+ x
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M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 0 e& k; ]+ F8 O( z " W9 `$ X0 U3 m0 W9 e* K! X- WL: 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* w% d: G( `
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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.8 ^4 B/ M2 k5 Y3 S6 }
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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？ " K; j. X# h- @7 k5 L2 U; _7 q; h( P5 Z% m, a2 l0 F
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?1 O# W D/ |7 M0 F% j! O
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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？ 6 P d) b" A; ~, ?9 y r5 k# ]7 R 2 l+ ?( p4 H O+ Y9 }2 O* V# lM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.6 E9 Q8 V8 j/ M( t+ Q- w# w
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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？ . Z+ p3 G" ]/ `0 b: e* M( S1 {" R2 b$ U# ?+ r) ^ t
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.# B+ N% b% @( }# E3 B- j! M
% Z G4 D$ d/ ~4 i5 uL: 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？8 V+ m& V3 e/ J3 j
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M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！ 4 ?* T; V4 u u2 o, o + e- K/ `! U4 z( D# ~4 T8 E2 ]. {L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！1 S" }5 p! E! Q9 d
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)( c% t' _) Q6 R+ P
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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。 4 ?' b. d: @ @* @2 P! B; n' |8 e! F 3 E2 w* P7 Q! {M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. , p" q2 Q' G, ~+ m S7 h3 G1 W$ q0 n" `* P7 J! r
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。$ I% w' N# |& N5 y! b, b( q: I% g
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M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., T9 P4 X6 n) e t& X
# q0 x2 I" E# O, z2 ^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？0 `2 o& n/ `5 l) S# l0 B' j
9 g `/ {: J6 n9 c% g2 CM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.. F: _; G0 Q! s/ `8 }
/ j3 O: |( y( Y# J5 ZL: 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。2 H) v% W7 f( g
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M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. T6 w; C7 ?* ?5 V9 s; K1 `4 k* B2 e/ T; W7 {
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? . s# \4 Y. u! P . r. [% s* O+ }4 s6 \+ HM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 0 ?" W, O" C+ c ! `% ] W/ I. t/ S9 D4 [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." I; X3 G+ x5 ^5 \6 p7 d; J3 w' h- S
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M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?+ I; w1 A. f, H
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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。 d: d! A( d( P( J; w I- x) Y0 [& CM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!# B, {2 c- m8 S" o# s$ e8 Z
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。 $ ]8 [( J5 ]5 u0 l# n+ {8 d$ }. Y! {; J: s' H5 s
M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. + {+ h0 u i' X: W # W: Z" ]+ D0 T1 @/ cL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。 ' k; j3 Q l" l3 k+ i7 a. Q( @, g* t. H% l; J. L+ Z8 @7 R
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。 4 Q) \7 J0 @7 p! q8 M" `% O以下为音频： $ P5 F- N/ y8 c
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