! U v# r! B4 e7 L8 t% pL: 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! / b, u9 f. R) r1 q# T, V1 z( f: Y4 ^3 ^; B8 l+ R, q
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.2 ^4 S, E: l4 v v/ S3 z7 W" J
5 o+ Q: {% S) K. PL: 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? + F) r& Y' O% t E% K 7 i+ x0 h" Y8 w: aM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 3 G9 x2 q0 l" a4 x V# G/ a + ~+ ^' a5 L; D; 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。; v& B& `* I# v) y. J3 I
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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 _7 S8 j7 m8 w0 m7 `1 j4 W! W* w3 W( [& q; o4 T6 k
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 ~# {5 m4 ^+ ~) y, X4 Q 0 t4 g+ z& ^: q7 U: e, [M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?' M2 g; t' P. o6 j0 M* _# J* Q
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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?: k6 |/ i, `. _ r+ P3 U. [
' [' F7 K3 K: _5 RM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.( ~; b) v6 ^8 [. w
* {: ?8 ?4 G! ]' a2 h- ML: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?' i2 P. [3 K6 h# F' q
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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.; U0 Z- I4 n. r
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% o2 j8 i% u- n" H" z) J3 c
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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。, p' S3 O$ H9 x( `$ D
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# U5 j. ^, s* d7 |7 \+ k# tL: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。$ G! \. c: B; _, I; K( w
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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? : C; s* g- ]8 b" s, g( B: L ( E( o# l4 P! ^- Y) z( EM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.# v9 c4 U% Y/ v1 m5 }
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 2 e* q- Y, z* N ! s" P( n/ [3 P$ M% W5 o* i) aL: 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? 2 m+ F0 C; T7 l" n9 y 6 b5 B3 y& B. J) U8 ~( k( ~0 M: {9 @M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 7 i# s! m+ m5 q6 I. V8 }5 t) a* ]8 M/ y2 D% Z
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. $ j7 g7 }9 I# X & J1 G2 b% [+ v' U: o$ MM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?' d5 r; P- [- V/ U
- o9 q E. N/ e; i+ F" f# k; {: WL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 - B) r/ }% o" A, E- T3 r' g6 u0 i4 t & R2 v+ ~8 O' W( n* x/ [& T# sM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! : O s" E! G4 O8 a2 L( I. [ 8 k6 d) b9 y5 `" FL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。0 L S* H# }. h' u, q4 ]6 a
& |; R" @1 O9 Y2 ZM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. $ r- z/ w+ s/ [( T - b& @$ e- ]( c5 r9 rL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 ; Z \/ h! l2 x( G3 e; } 0 A# y3 o, l! U4 x, p8 \% D0 }8 QMichael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。 ' U. ~1 n$ J4 z2 U. L以下为音频: {& y; C, U; X* {* R* C