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。- t+ ~# o: i# F8 f& I/ L
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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！ # I6 ], s; I8 B& K, |; `. _ x, J ; k) p, _# C, Y: r( p- eM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.# {. z5 @0 L+ m2 {2 F! }
5 x* d/ t$ L" BL: 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？5 f, O! Z \' i7 G& Q1 r
5 }6 h8 m; P5 K3 U! [M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. M. Z6 o' G H+ g" S
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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。 7 a) v- s( {: q+ x7 d0 c ! _/ a6 Z2 ] K, ` G% a6 UM：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.. I4 \0 h! K) O$ M0 b
+ n/ e+ D3 A K9 }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？7 u6 c' J- u& K5 C, f2 X# D9 j- j, m
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 6 |; E8 z* X7 f7 O: k+ d% ^3 G8 [; N1 `& i/ R- I, ^: E
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？ * y: F, ]2 @1 @) _- m* l 0 ?. R2 d' G9 |5 ]+ ?M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.) T; J: P6 b+ ~, C2 f2 L
# z* y+ e4 U1 b! d" LL：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？7 k. I: X- c/ c9 t5 t. L: a
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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. # X7 R' z- @+ }1 k: [ ) }/ Z6 L/ ?, c1 v8 i* ?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' k; H% i3 n3 ~
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M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！ 5 W2 P: k0 o# O( `! y : C( i, T& L- l: W1 t( e4 NL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！' M. K' b, K6 @0 W8 ]' z" b7 k
. ^( B8 D6 ?, ]. y( D' \(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) . |$ o' K) L M) N& X0 z6 E: c . q j$ N# b: x! N; C) x" P" 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。6 J9 f# g! o2 l! U$ k1 [
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M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. , f1 Z" v8 R2 ? [8 W! f0 O0 Q" u3 v* w + F" b( u% J A+ t3 h$ \8 FL：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。4 R. e# W% m9 w$ s ]
" I% A% l' b! C1 B5 f0 mM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 9 K9 _, U; L2 l* B# `- A! @1 D1 }' P/ x1 ?' b
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？4 p5 Y# u8 {5 F1 b& e
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M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 0 j+ { b& ~! @* @5 s# J0 r+ V! M) |0 ]7 Z/ R
L: 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。/ v, y3 ~$ M0 L. N
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M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.* Q/ D5 g, b0 l
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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?, H0 w8 A7 G; \+ v
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M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money., n9 @* }% ^! ]
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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.+ o) C" K: h" y! E8 ?7 Z y4 @
6 k6 ?% @; A6 _+ l8 yM：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 8 ~" @5 k2 b6 r4 l) }& H/ e6 f9 U ' S. y! ?; I5 dL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。, J! k/ p& _! _! p2 h. t
9 T6 M# Z: d$ \: AM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!- {$ v# N1 D: L! G) }1 O) C
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。& \9 N8 D) i/ t
# C& }& {9 X# ^7 R$ e; {: G; ]M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.; M) H' c! B9 x. ]6 [
( _% R: o4 ]: I; PL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。* w \* d- w5 J \
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Michael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。; m* {) Q! `& E$ I
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