. @* d( {% Q3 k8 M4 VL: 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! ! Y# k) W; B# e/ O$ o - I3 {2 J! _) x. l* b8 SM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. # }/ _, o' B! \0 U" e, q9 }; _# l4 X4 z4 F* R
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?' q) m6 P2 P3 u3 v' F% A1 @
9 J! _5 o$ S, r2 z* [" aM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. " N5 E) ` {: ? ' C2 I* c4 n+ {! X' Z+ R( IL: 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。 - s( r8 S1 j( J n5 u- z: r# Y: x7 b" [9 A
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.- J4 x9 q& | ?- f+ H
+ j5 r' ~" X; _3 d/ l9 V7 N% ^3 cL: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? . [1 C- y/ S" |3 K+ y9 }% m) F7 @' u9 b' v8 R3 \
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 O' Z. A2 S' a7 E- H# d
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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?5 l: S1 z# d5 a0 n, m" F
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 1 S* O( |. Y% l& A" ?+ D" R; T) a8 w% E" w6 B/ A
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?! \6 Z- W! n; r" B
, p8 V) b6 e* U: cM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. , V$ `. [! H3 j- s& [' H7 B! I- {# h! M4 }1 I* v1 C" }: ~6 m! n
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? 9 t5 t) V8 i# `- [ - B7 X# I5 J1 j9 j9 IM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! 8 h+ n1 }! Z% J4 w7 c% K, ^) t1 @4 [# h% N4 X. M1 ~# J
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!9 Q9 C+ X& l4 P7 \$ d$ z. ^4 G8 ]
( ]: n1 t. K' M(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) - ]& F- V9 W$ J , F2 O, I' E: x* Q; {' a& G) F7 HL: 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。 ' E: W2 ?8 D1 |6 n( x/ l+ o, U7 V" ~; r& g- i; E3 g$ v* @
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.6 l$ }+ n- Z1 e/ q
: g$ y* i q" A2 E! g! b2 B% {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。1 m6 }" H# \) i0 m: b2 y
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' c! K' B; q$ \5 Y% vL: 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? 5 W& r+ W# Q6 K, B5 b. r) X' a7 Z " V; H0 X: k% j, ]! {M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level." O1 \& q, c/ Y3 L6 c! J; }
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# q2 @# T5 Y% ~M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 2 A5 k2 S( }6 A0 U9 m3 V 7 _8 k$ y$ s+ N4 D+ l1 tL: 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? 7 A( Q0 k- \# t- r, K. u! A 3 L- [" c' \, ^3 r" UM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. # y( R* h E% q( R 7 @+ l- A. h, R$ i3 U3 R1 g8 AL: 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. 3 b$ C8 O+ O* v i; a* Y; w( R. l( Q& u# B, c. U# ~; m2 |
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 4 E- C6 a$ w6 E! s5 L % ^8 b0 h4 W8 b1 f1 }' c0 m: iL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。+ a8 b' f! `8 D% q* s7 o/ k. s
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# C3 A5 `$ R. n0 s. M/ xM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.! L, k: m, n U
, Z5 I' H3 r# W7 V* m. \2 V( s7 ML: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 9 `6 N4 Z3 ?+ p' H2 c5 u9 k' w# C4 w; H2 {% K2 G, y0 k
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。, j$ ]. H+ `; N$ a
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