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。! M9 O4 f9 C" K: m
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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！ ( \- ~' V V! Y $ G* l& E. ]1 o4 [M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.% j+ B2 V- R8 D& Y1 R
9 C1 q# s, @3 X) tM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.% a; B' q6 D. I8 L X7 s
& x( ?; l( c& j/ 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。 & Y3 W+ L3 g; \9 @, m; O+ o( Z4 f3 K6 s0 r
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.% X1 c6 y9 W( O6 D; S. o
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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？2 W% a2 {+ ~0 `' V( G( n5 a
$ l2 ?6 \6 i5 S: ~5 ?M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?9 ^) e9 }3 [+ h- c/ k
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L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？. ^' N7 `+ n- X, e8 c2 o
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 7 c5 k+ |* E+ J; Q7 N' D; k, p8 M5 q. _9 Q- A. x1 x+ T1 p' x% }8 C
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？; E" c# g2 g6 Z2 A& Z* @) |
( S, C, Q. s1 ZM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. / Z6 C6 d& I$ G+ q I. V& O # `- | a. T/ y+ x, m# [8 J0 IL: 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？ 3 h. ~1 N/ {# c& K( `& O" f& O7 l7 Q6 q+ u$ T: j" j7 ^. ~
M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！, R# C, W* }2 \( ~- _) \
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L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！, x! M* v% L8 i- Z
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) " l/ o$ c, \6 ` J! H" ]9 i% U/ I5 g6 `* G% ~
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。 9 H% i. `9 R' D4 p7 o, D4 Q6 W i M; P# h- j8 }
M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.. b2 T3 p8 T6 Q- @
) S+ w1 p9 N" e. t* cM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.& D* N, u3 f3 p
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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？ + @0 ]; q; I4 P0 s% w! S2 q' l0 |: E* V5 [( Q8 [
M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 1 u, F. A) k+ s$ n: V, \9 F1 S( g; ~" S
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。# q7 y3 l, N) G9 Q& D+ u/ T* |5 g5 @% v
B5 f& W% P) _# O! l% FM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. / Q, a; v; C# `3 R; [$ ?7 A, X# V: T8 u
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?+ Z, L% [* u: M0 z; `. d" K
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M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 8 T. ?8 c& g& E* M6 d; m3 | ~4 t4 g/ 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. 8 G0 U! V/ i f/ x: l4 B" y1 \8 W3 K5 e5 P3 e E; _( b; r% Y9 g- B$ ^6 P
M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ ^* U0 M$ V1 X, N- ]
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。* {5 H1 G+ [% [$ _" i- T$ A& c0 Z2 A/ q
5 D/ c) ~1 g$ E4 T/ d- MM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!5 B" Y( U6 q2 m1 R# S- \1 N6 G- B
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。5 X% c7 ]) P- t! A
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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。 2 y+ T- J# N* L* u# S: Z- u 7 A; ]$ z0 q; ?, fMichael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。 * z' `5 Q! n* W. [, ~以下为音频：/ h( o' o, O( R3 w6 ^+ ]1 u
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