% C) C+ J) J: h' z0 uM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games." o. P8 _* g! f& J" z- U
3 I: L* n- a( b* tL: 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? 7 ^0 L# f# i) {8 q 3 [* E! |! A* UM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. ; X( X8 x& `; L# | # T, [; p( \8 u# R1 G) \2 G) EL: 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。9 e5 Q3 f/ }1 z) Q9 x* {# P( L6 s
1 `: U( I$ K5 J d+ M7 kM: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. 3 Z4 E( |5 S/ n! a- @9 t* p% r! A " m4 S% k8 L; ~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? $ m; O: q w9 J# u7 v: B8 h . I7 U1 b" R. e# x, u eM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? % ^: M! [' `- `$ F- O/ h: H J$ y+ U" _& m/ d* K
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 9 s3 z8 T u! ?3 @' ?8 x4 d$ ] ) ]& t9 n. O/ S8 BM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' T j# v1 h3 r- h3 _& ?3 }0 \; T Y
% u2 h, K) f' s8 P: R# pL: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? - X2 s9 ]7 |2 X) T3 O( ?# D# Y8 d8 e , y$ S T4 ~' z N3 E% rM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.) L8 {) x6 C8 }- E% J
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! . U& @( N' A1 e0 m( g ' H: I" N% s0 Q+ z' D5 O) H2 iL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! , [' g+ ]! [, N# B% i4 v8 [# S, I$ B% E2 @( z1 v$ S( [
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) ! u& d6 i, u6 W% o 1 n8 d0 E1 Z% s Y, E- \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。5 O/ N! l# Q3 Q) o' i8 t
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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。 7 C# K3 f. [( l" T4 D5 [! g 0 f% g8 Z# R8 ^. J3 {) B$ y/ fM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 9 h6 I3 S& t; m8 ]* ?0 Q5 |7 B5 A. s) N: g) m
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 `# y: |0 Y4 l: F2 [$ M1 F7 K9 d) b, T
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.5 D4 }6 T8 {$ D% I3 X7 v
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 4 d6 D$ F4 B* o) I4 e ; A- m( y, J9 t+ t4 t( B+ GL: 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?8 \, }; i7 B3 a5 E
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: b2 {' V; T$ r4 V; F: ~, EL: 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. Y) a' \$ G+ ~6 a
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$ Q6 J G1 b* T4 s, P, U/ O) fM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 8 x6 i( A2 P6 Q/ w U& N8 z# V) g) j: m1 h6 v1 wL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 1 [6 B" e A1 ^4 A 7 H, h9 q/ L+ J" S+ |+ ?. Z" q% qM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. " I0 N x- `) I3 X2 p 9 D& G, u5 r U9 j$ PL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。; r$ d! A0 ], I& c
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