$ q9 Y! ~6 I) [' ?* oL: 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!4 ~5 f0 W7 W2 F R: V( t
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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./ p" c" b7 U/ u9 `
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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?( @* S- r% s& l* R' X
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) h* E2 h# N7 H7 W" G8 l5 B
' U+ M# B8 Z+ ^. ?) I. QL: 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。% n* u. ~+ S |7 X9 t. G
7 N# t8 R. O Z- X; G- D* m, c$ _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.9 P$ X( A4 {; g$ ?/ y/ Z
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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? 6 }2 @" c h8 J; Z* _& I* D7 S4 s+ G2 d/ M. ^/ d
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? + E8 N" ?7 O/ P- A ) R0 c7 x/ J) TL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?" E4 a+ R4 h M1 n* H+ _0 q
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.9 J6 [" x& I" q3 _8 H* z
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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? 1 ^' l8 T o& f0 m% A' _( W+ m. ] P( E9 y @
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. 1 D0 I4 r0 c- O0 [( Z! {9 l ' V1 f6 w$ z/ A* Q# j$ _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?( i+ n' S0 a) Q
8 T" m+ [% `8 h! r qM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!# \ X0 [6 w* D- s9 G" W" b6 g: j- }
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 7 ?2 @2 s" L, y! {7 B; f9 U# |, W ' `9 }0 W; x' j; H8 i(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)5 h. U( R3 u4 P
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L: 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。 S" ^+ R7 P, T3 ~+ O/ |, |1 C" B, f2 M. e
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. ( T+ q- N7 }7 Y; v, W: j) q, c ' i7 X; n6 _+ b+ k( tL: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。 3 l8 h" O' r1 E8 s! f: ~# R. ]0 }, ^8 Q
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.+ n* E# N9 r5 |) t: |2 g
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, s/ c. k/ i6 W2 f" D0 t% s. e) l; `M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ( {% s; O2 z; L; j : W, L) z* J% w# L7 CL: 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。 ( q$ G) u3 C4 ?+ \/ b9 r8 M* W9 X+ ]4 s% v3 i0 V
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. # P' j- w( E3 D8 }: o+ i! X; g8 u1 n& [4 I+ B2 z
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? 9 `9 H3 Q( N/ ^ " M& d" L3 Q" U7 l: ]M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.( b6 k# @8 a+ `
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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.: s s) ]( T) D: }, Q
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0 L5 ~5 l+ x) |4 GL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。6 ?8 A) Y' ~, Z* i# b+ ?# X( f
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! - V7 s+ j0 g- m/ _$ f7 W8 p. b* _% X- U. c' r+ l
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。+ r# C. ]3 e8 D1 K
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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.: o+ B" c3 ~! p: l1 J$ r" Y- R
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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。7 B! L, W! z7 u2 G9 e) u4 N
3 O- W/ C' d9 J9 u5 }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。 & d. P( D6 n" Y以下为音频:# p3 t" C# c0 M! D