, J- ~( P# H6 h( g) yL: 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! 8 \8 w N* w- h, V: Z ' j* p3 K# ~; y# c& S9 K% v% S5 HM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 7 \3 L2 z: l. Y) s/ I9 y 2 D: P6 r7 V7 X. @1 H: A 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?- x$ y/ n0 s1 D! L
# T" m7 g+ B7 `; o" A" f) rM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.: ^4 t M2 ?1 f2 s' W4 ?
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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。 % K" |. B. i$ R$ ~2 A 5 |% N5 J! e P3 e4 yM: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. , G0 W2 ^, R7 O; S/ d& X, E$ p; h9 o, h+ n; c% {9 P1 N
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?+ I1 }% b8 G$ g' Y
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? ( e+ t! A5 n& Z7 A$ P, h7 G* m7 m& f0 o$ n7 L1 m
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 6 s7 s. o9 |* k" p9 x9 l! _5 V- q- v/ q7 o y# g
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. W; M" Q! S9 @( F }* \. C
6 R# L" k6 _1 l: }& 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?, Y( w3 V; j" w& t0 ~1 U* P
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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. C* j" X0 U2 w* B- t
. J+ s. P. q6 ~- c9 A* bL: 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?, V9 F% \8 c. o, C
2 K9 }6 q2 d: k8 dM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!( U; y9 l. N/ }$ a
5 S0 b$ u: E* U3 F4 I$ FL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 9 o' e- j* o; e' d/ A4 k* e( D9 u
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 7 i2 k2 }! B# `$ | + ]; q ^ k! P- J# l" Y( sL: 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。5 ]/ c6 Y8 j( o' A. X9 e
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. % v' l0 S+ a/ d0 F9 z 0 z1 J! c7 p$ V2 T; 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。! l: ^) T! s( Q/ `- P
, r7 D9 _, X! o1 y. @M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 9 v$ u0 m% z9 q1 e; u% d h" V8 [ o! @& e6 I" y+ _' U, [
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? 5 y" S: Q" j* U ) C- d3 w6 z, w' P/ d6 BM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 o! o; _$ @/ [3 g0 o, x
0 r9 W8 I( K5 oM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. # |- ] H. f3 l0 t7 `$ P/ K V6 k& P7 q* \
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?# u4 a& a& w( O! r$ d0 g0 n8 Q
( Q9 k0 c3 w- i1 c* y' jM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 2 Y/ K* X; X* f+ s/ q& ], N b" C7 ]5 U" m6 N3 F
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 S3 e4 f) _6 C2 g Y4 _* b
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? * O4 }! y& ~8 N. z% O: d$ L0 Y% ^ : D6 R# }" s+ u/ GL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 3 q: a* }; J0 G- ?! ~; @, _, I1 a. i: y! g8 s& [
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! / a% h; V& W# I4 _" S) H3 G& y & _5 M% l1 h. T4 U0 m- z4 S5 CL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。: V* K9 X$ u3 Z* v6 U; X& B
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9 v/ m9 \' I$ y2 H5 F8 i$ D+ c1 `9 {L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 - j$ k# E ^! z$ n5 ?4 y9 l) e $ s! t" @* y# t4 PMichael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。 8 j2 Y. ^7 t s/ U& e) u以下为音频:% k+ V: N) D% }; l. P