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。2 u* X) M& W0 _ q i
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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! ! L' c' B7 M: ^4 W3 X* j; J, @( S3 K* z
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. $ F! \, J6 s5 U/ n* l# ~# J' ^ : `* l1 M4 P$ N2 LL: 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?, G; n5 ]& y$ t' y' R7 r3 C
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. ~+ ^/ |/ m) |. `3 |+ N
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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。. t7 T7 l2 D6 P# j$ Y" H. U& A
, }9 `* J" c1 b4 e! ]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.* y2 s+ ~4 f0 d/ _5 v' j
B8 A4 M- a2 W/ i Q( j& uM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? % S% p1 X- s! Z, E% c+ L / r) J+ l9 E) _3 `) j) @1 }/ Q CL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 7 @. P6 x+ F* |6 A+ I2 I, S6 b' e! w" v0 t. k
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., d$ K0 b2 k+ F+ G. Z6 o
0 j1 v" K# v7 P% M/ h% N# sL: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?$ k/ c M0 P5 o
1 q: L( e5 F% l6 J) j! u' FM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.! A& g1 O* ~" c% S- W& b
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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?; N& Z( R! J$ V" q6 A
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! : @1 L; ?+ b3 y, S4 U $ ], r) B: X$ K- U/ C8 f" P0 }L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! # p# u' I# T# r3 [. [ 6 F4 L% I% U J/ N(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) [5 H9 o9 W6 @% ^9 H w
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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。1 S! C& O9 [9 i( a% {$ R
, p6 @" e+ n" p8 e6 jM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.- h( g# k5 C' g) T
2 M+ m( E8 A! C, p: b7 X4 lL: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 R- A# q6 R9 Q" ~% H' h3 E3 ^) L0 d- ` * S. ~' X1 ]7 G' R4 tM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.% G( e7 J: U% l
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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? / w% f: l" p, X4 w2 L6 e" J. X/ _5 P, F% c
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ( O! A2 G! t3 V* T) H, t! _; ~ S: I* B: ?7 A5 ~ `4 G) F- xL: 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。- C8 ?$ {/ p; E. {; `' F" ?$ u
' |( T. @( K7 @+ S6 TM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. ! J7 H9 c7 s4 M5 _! |8 K$ a + [, ~1 b0 K. ?( b/ xL: 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? ; R2 X3 f5 ? G: Q % p2 b8 D7 R3 G$ g: m p: h7 n g: gM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.- E! c. V2 }( h
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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. ; d3 V3 U) j) g' h! B/ [# a4 H ( h& m9 D( _, _0 E& d2 i3 RM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? , O# Q; K' \; J 6 i$ ]* w2 W' g. i( ^L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 6 [, v" H; E5 Y% Q+ j* Z6 w! Z4 H! I$ v+ G
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! ( N; B2 o3 ^/ R' T1 x5 N 2 y1 Q! b/ l: o! ~: ^. A+ J% L: K+ [5 ML: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: P9 ]6 o: w+ n* W9 K& `, k- X
3 {4 d0 {! O. n# t2 tM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. : D1 \3 x6 K& z" \) W* y: ?# R& M9 I: T
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。$ p* [/ R: Z9 M( x7 P