! c! `- q9 [( o( Q( u6 t5 pL: 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!5 ~. m* J! u; V$ {6 @* F
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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. 5 Q% J8 E3 z& X; p5 s# d4 ^ 8 \2 e4 o1 j9 ~( f4 C: jL: 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 D2 V& @" C6 Q, L / U- z2 ?% T2 sM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 7 K8 r* E+ y, o2 O$ t' u; E2 I- H+ R: @( Z) ^( C [
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。/ O' ^. E: A- c
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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.; R3 z% z! }4 @: R) i
6 R |/ X' G# j9 M- mL: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? $ }0 ?% P- P! c: n. W( o2 N1 N6 [, j
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! Q" Q. @ K @, D4 y
: Y4 v: ]% b5 z2 a; U+ aL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 8 G6 U/ B( Y( F N, t# c/ | 9 [# h6 D4 u( p- y, ?, SM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. ; Y: z6 y) k" g8 c2 m& T 8 e' {" x% c1 S: |6 h* [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? ( J' V% q: O6 a, d " k- _& A: C8 e! ^8 h! u6 `0 H7 P# O% kM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. , d' Y7 h0 p! Z$ u) I7 c9 K+ d$ D2 w2 j( `- n
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?* T/ _/ ~. ~0 v; o
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!% u( A. v @) p3 u7 m. g+ |
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!; y: X" C3 \/ p g8 p4 s0 l
: X2 }, s7 ~- f( \& g(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 7 `3 d/ A. b5 b. ^2 M8 z7 G5 w / i: P6 F/ ?9 n* z! {" v8 uL: 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。 - z P8 b% @- k6 d1 [6 w: U! G - s( g& ~ U$ u# r' RM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. ( d2 h2 i" r4 X( y- J% p0 \ D' Z& H! K
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。 : O) K" Q! \. b8 E 1 S) A4 x F6 Q) V [4 s {# BM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. C; ~1 Y- p* z9 _7 l- w/ _/ V: K/ b9 X; x0 V$ \6 |8 \
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? 9 B% H, Z, T/ w/ F# s' g0 _$ ?+ l3 z5 M4 A* ] q1 F. {2 t
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.. l3 A* s+ H+ J
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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。& R% i) Q) E0 U
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.: |/ u7 z* ^( B% v6 K/ H
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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.0 F7 j p* ]) z* Q" h
; ^7 n- F7 M5 q. q! SM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? # L$ q4 K) B- {9 P5 P P0 w9 m% b : i5 H$ n0 ]; Y6 O7 P& jL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。: _% D+ e2 o& q' X) b" ]
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! , M3 a; J7 w) U2 s" K; H" t: O* }' K5 _
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。% L' }* L# V+ }7 [9 X1 y3 j
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M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.1 I/ q- Q% e- b; M" ?4 z
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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。 ) W7 `0 T1 B3 e+ D% {# B9 Z: N1 l& F1 V8 d: u5 k9 c) G+ ~( w7 y
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。% E1 L6 B, ^/ m4 ~8 [
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