. I0 z; \5 v& cL: 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! 5 p5 S$ A6 A4 b5 ~" S + X5 j, W+ }7 w6 ?$ B8 Q7 xM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.& Y6 W) @% [) m2 ?) y4 e
6 d" S ^: I$ L1 m2 K7 G0 V* @' TL: 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?7 d$ {/ ^' T* s7 s
# }8 H2 w3 d" D- w- k+ X. f' ^7 KM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. J' K+ k# S6 A# g; o" X/ D7 l% A' c% w+ i ^ o. W; y. t. ^
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。 8 L! C5 S% Q; p! C# m% w- N w1 F# ^# a4 n s( a6 ]8 c) | A4 w5 z& P! Y: F
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.5 D; I- n8 i! N
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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? ) W3 K. A$ t. q& [3 i, h H' f1 R+ J; K3 Y# g4 H8 g% t
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?' t! \! ?+ ^: L/ g$ z5 _; k
. r& d# Z$ z# o% L1 D( B0 uM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 4 i- D) b6 A) |4 f7 c3 A9 G" r- H/ c) G' k5 U
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?9 ^( n. `- t2 v, [
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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.4 g' V# p: b* E* N$ V! L
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ) I) z& v5 n# |! j0 h6 m9 s9 B- k) N& l% @) B' g* U# ^1 c4 F
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!$ T3 s* I: K# g/ j
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) " I" {: z+ \' O! E1 ? 0 s* {. D0 l+ e0 i& V, G& ^' i" aL: 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。 8 Z) }3 q1 t* d/ ?; N, v, p' K# g+ |: X$ B* Z5 ~5 G% d/ n
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.5 @$ e2 M, v# Z3 o. D" V; q
4 T M; U- W% B& [" O5 aL: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。5 _; N8 s* h7 {. D$ n5 x" k
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.4 x, ?3 I# \2 j2 }4 B: J
' B, p* a' p1 o$ I: ?7 CL: 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? 7 l1 A5 r- a& p) B( q& M% y1 n! H. i
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.* g: u" S' Z) k
% }" Q: M Y5 NM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. & Z" A) r: E! ^( X/ i& Q # [6 p: a# H/ ]9 e$ s6 C% H7 iL: 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?, m- |2 H) ?" F# X2 q
4 P: Y4 h, d& u3 c1 q- kM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.9 ~' j, T3 \; Z# D+ y P& p
$ |) g \. m7 M1 h& _; {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. 6 T4 |! S4 L3 {/ l2 U* k+ j$ r* _* ^( y2 v6 b/ W
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?- I% C% F3 _* ^6 [% b
9 B5 e; q2 L1 QL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 9 u* s% u) k' u4 e0 s& r % B* F4 i( m- w9 w& r+ jM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! , G1 z* f6 a" T$ w) s" V( g3 a3 E6 v* d6 H
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。. I: K. T- {& l# _9 j4 t/ m
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