7 ~( V' u1 ~3 IL: 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!; f9 F" v9 l5 c
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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. / M3 D7 A' L L5 O ~( I* Q. j& M4 p & C3 S6 V9 h9 Q* H- W. RL: 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? ; F0 Z, H! w+ S# [5 u6 E" B: C/ m
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 6 k* L! ^! `) {- w . B2 S, ]+ L' E2 aL: 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。 6 c# J2 N/ i" j1 e2 V: M 0 J6 `; ]& d6 F) ^9 M/ b+ }& bM: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.7 I2 @0 Z: e+ A0 C \- i8 o% y
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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? z2 G3 B/ u9 m' _* Y - N$ k1 F+ Q7 G; ^( z" N- iM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 9 U) [* E: i, r; I' b* F: {# X5 q! e! v) k! J
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?# l `) r) ]$ H6 J
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.( I1 |7 g: ]) _" ]0 o- }) l
8 H4 R) w3 X6 pL: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? 2 H9 B# f# C, }' f6 X0 I; G& l) M* G1 O; L* k: A
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.5 z& T! R3 ^! a& `; Z( J
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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?& F. j! u) U4 w# L4 _9 A* M
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! " z! ^& k+ l2 w6 R, S( h- O" R/ W8 b0 x# u" V; O8 z7 G, j% v
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 7 G' g5 \0 T: u5 F* F& E7 O% T 6 Y0 M$ f% e% ~( V# D+ d(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) , N5 Y2 G, u# }+ F. Y . T \. T+ x8 o; u; R8 YL: 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。 , t' G4 D1 h9 b& J$ _- O2 g7 }. u! q0 A( ^% s" q0 o- |# x$ z1 F U. N
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 4 c- V9 k2 {' K0 F9 M , w, e: Q/ Y7 A1 mL: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。9 p% |7 l1 Z9 ^" U' ~
& h2 ^. U* n6 r3 H( C. zM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. $ X2 y+ G. N) x. n; O : q: V! |6 j8 K. }! S+ ]0 E$ k; 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? ( G( @1 K& t2 j. m$ Y2 _3 f) h- K* X+ e- O2 F7 `+ n8 r1 X& n" w
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 o# [$ K, w$ E4 G* J% y" I, d
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" E3 [1 N" U0 `- G' d( p: IM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 5 S# n0 ]: o/ x8 A Y5 p' R5 |% |% A) \0 J
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?' y, @. t8 X9 F0 \
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. . L% u+ _; x+ q" f" ~+ C& i3 ~# j3 L2 b
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. 7 w; ^2 {& f! ^- O* H# R ' o+ `9 `, L: a" CM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 8 i4 R; D# i' a% x0 B9 _* [$ \" m ( C' `1 x/ P$ ~3 S0 ^) d) PL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。% M% `& S2 F# R1 R7 _' r/ `
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! ' ^- j; O& B# x" E! ` , s+ [- s4 ^1 G; BL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 3 _& R" f0 p. [1 e6 @ : |# \ ^) h+ kM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.9 @: E6 c7 P* F* {7 J* p
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# @. \8 p' p, m+ K
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