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' T7 A! F5 Y: J- S& w( p: B) sM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.& j9 u! s+ x ?6 C; i, M4 A
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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. - n; S% z1 I& A/ h# a# U+ O5 F' G) d |) D3 ~ }
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?) f2 i6 A8 x/ ~3 {; M4 i. O
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?4 a5 B4 K$ n" ]# @
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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?3 A! x+ ?: e, F; E9 a
% F/ }7 U. Q7 {2 c E7 r0 wM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. ( }" f) y6 R( H% T5 `+ D ( e( |7 n( \( m0 m0 c* Y* `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? ( C Z" g2 t2 W# N5 d' @8 I+ _2 {7 |
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.* Y/ M' m' q: P2 U
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! 0 Z4 z; g) d$ z) d: U/ K0 k1 `6 x/ {% H9 x U0 L
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!! A) s- }. z& R3 m
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) " |7 Y8 t, d9 y+ u3 ] . P* |4 D; Y2 R/ _ k5 lL: 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。 # i) q0 T+ _5 k1 a 3 l$ ]6 ~7 F! q u+ DM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. # X% B5 J7 ~( X9 H , v" Z Z1 X) H* |" Y K8 wL: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 s+ `/ n# V& ]: u9 f
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. / f; O& o% F6 t/ r7 O' P1 N' [, B: ~) r- X- ^1 r) V( I
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?8 o' }! S% P ~. q6 P! ~
1 p+ M3 |7 E" T4 ~+ a% GM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. . j5 w; T3 ~3 i% K d' k; ` 0 t' w8 k" h! J" FL: 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。# b* i' `8 q2 C6 A0 v! ]4 x: F- K" ]
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. " ^. G( P& F2 d) c# Q ) s5 L% v9 x; B1 K% GL: 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?1 S( z2 F4 V8 R/ Y# ]
' y$ X7 w) b$ `5 ]' Y- wM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.1 w/ M+ Q. I" H0 I
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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.3 V" w' H6 i% F- L- P
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?7 T# j( L0 ]: M. H* j$ w" ]
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! + h7 t& S0 m: v* D* u6 K8 y: I; X( v4 e5 x
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: E( U+ r, q3 S: K- z3 }
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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。4 o. W! l/ a0 U" p' b" x, {) U* B3 w