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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? ; _. Z2 e: g/ p7 I. Y5 w6 J ! I! x: A2 t7 `7 QM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 ~! K9 P( x5 J
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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。. J; D& x) D& R$ d# v. f# D
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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. ( G! L$ o( m# n4 h) s6 I4 v # \# A; \- B6 D) ]( n/ V) [. u4 aL: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?! ^) s$ u" ^8 p! y' J. i; V8 P
+ a# b: n7 w3 ]M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? % V5 R9 r8 v- G* r, N5 L! T$ K! Z
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? * ?- y* S/ @, @& i. Z ) c( ]/ o- ?3 P9 Y4 jM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week./ d. N3 I$ A. x$ Y+ @0 i7 k% H
: f, O8 ?; s" f( [% UL: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? ) \+ }/ Q3 |1 a2 R* I. T4 E% C4 ^! e2 b" r$ ~2 D
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.0 u- n) R$ n) n
* O) V, c: u) b0 }7 \( dL: 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?- l- R2 v) t) h* i. L
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# Y& n7 x; K& S+ q1 W3 m7 Y
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! " Z5 V5 v9 k4 c7 _* l4 z* u 7 v, p. I \9 `" P(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 7 n% j8 x) x f' j 8 v8 z. Q- b" TL: 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。 # n: w6 q$ G" o' s# y T7 i7 O+ J% d& u. Q0 g" g
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. ) a# A1 W4 N5 o# G% K: X' x Q L7 x9 G5 R+ O+ c
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。 ; [% c5 g9 E/ i9 p# M 6 F- }, O7 F0 Y( `) d# |M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. ; F2 r Q& K% c. J; Q7 z$ q$ U1 s( [. Z0 m" l% ]2 D% Y
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? / g7 K# t1 S* v- A# ]: J& |) A* [
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.) D* d4 S1 e) b" h* X
# s6 Z l$ k5 X$ v5 Y1 B9 V* KL: 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。 3 z/ x. c x6 P6 B- t # v) ~7 q7 @+ \5 s/ y& \" ZM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. & r* m1 W; }# q. [$ ? 3 |% }2 K2 l6 |" e6 j vL: 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 O$ ?' i8 B: [( I6 }" q
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. : }: P) A S5 m* V 4 C) O8 w; N# U) DL: 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. 1 J8 f3 A) X" f7 I3 _+ i4 L- e! f" v6 j+ Q; L' {6 N
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( X% n" P5 _2 h4 V8 D( N: }( A% S
y% ^% C, k8 `0 e8 s: qL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 / u& o9 }2 I; x! q+ @/ C3 D% a3 V. K" F4 s5 B( r& N
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! / c. ?( {5 S$ N6 G, b0 x) n% z : L8 ?; W: a$ HL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ O) ^% g" L; }# G+ G
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2 F2 m; [! U2 J! F- c* T* q$ VL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。! G ~( Q- i4 A