: g4 L' W2 R w* B. D; _* j+ W: i9 _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!$ R( r" E- q, r4 G
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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. ! ] E7 g# R3 k! E0 O( U' i$ K: a M# u& W
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? . @2 G8 G7 H2 I4 A& c9 _) I & q( t; r+ U7 S7 A: g4 Z# m. p \M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 9 _" R& L/ [5 I3 C2 G; i$ u9 o8 U& j5 ^0 G2 {+ b; s
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。5 y. B. a( d; g( ~0 Q
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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 ^$ |) r! g* q& F+ l/ S! D) j
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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? $ ^ h% e0 ?4 i1 y+ v3 x$ p, C! m C" @
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?) i5 e! @1 U$ D" D o) }; 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? 0 h8 h, c" ^- L9 _ & K- N% N1 U$ ]- ^M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.8 [* y4 ]/ u" Z) H# X6 ~, f, e
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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? 1 ~4 r! G, @& M: _5 H# X5 @ e# Q+ `5 O- j
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.; s3 t4 ?7 s% q4 m3 r
" ]' J: O' T% u, b+ eL: 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? ; e' D# U: F6 I& n8 T: W6 A3 q) z. I# I( A5 E. ^) P9 e
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!1 {! O* Y9 S0 x% w7 l
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! / z* @: P. k* Y" d* G- e4 K2 W; T# Y7 K
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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。- `7 v* n! I4 p: N9 W6 ]4 \0 o
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C/ K1 f. G. C$ W$ N$ l3 XL: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。/ r8 @) a, _6 l; D! D" Z$ k$ O3 h
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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? 1 e) ?& x4 u3 d+ l! d2 }4 I! Z" g! e! ]& o" u- i2 \. Y1 T
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 9 P, V9 d# x9 e' Y * w& E3 q" Q1 D9 b1 R' B2 [1 p0 J" pL: 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。 ' f+ i* T+ m3 d g* F& j$ F 8 }9 |/ P6 t9 h6 @9 UM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& P& Z* m2 M6 f' Y0 f( l
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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?! p' h e% ]: ~; ^% {
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. ( Y7 q+ g' a: N$ _* u1 y% p 8 v8 u1 x- S$ J6 y8 WL: 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. P8 J0 e7 l* _& h7 x4 q6 n( e( I" p2 v
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?3 O) _- q1 O5 N: p4 ~
* K! J8 }8 E4 \4 tM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 8 a+ Z; z# x) e6 T# D4 ^+ c 0 M0 N7 u( J# e; FL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! ]& i+ X* l; {9 l( h5 \9 Q
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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.) _2 I c5 T K. f
5 l2 d. y1 Z. q. O9 f) R- Y8 S0 VL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。- f5 [0 ~3 i) \& Z0 }
9 C* f+ M7 C4 u- yMichael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。 2 a( l% O& p; F8 V5 Y, C; u以下为音频:( k: w" D/ `; C. j2 i* G