' Q; m- s* O' @6 @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! ' [. b5 V; Y1 ^7 X/ e' l+ x2 R% o2 y: Y1 C+ X
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 9 \! q3 t% S* M( B' w7 l3 I2 H. P( b3 C, y# k
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? - O3 L5 q1 p/ h; z' j# c8 t7 M) E, F5 p" O
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. ( Y m6 r, i8 k4 ~' P 0 p* D2 |3 w6 t- e/ v4 U+ LL: 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。 + q B. Q& D, B7 b+ E : `2 e4 V% Q/ X7 H$ O0 z0 nM: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 M0 Z# Y% I4 L$ M0 t( J0 F- t3 O$ E$ v( H
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? {* U& ?1 K2 M. S1 E+ ~4 T- y/ A4 F' e5 L: U6 C! x
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?& t% L3 y2 F. l
# T/ s; P I- w' s( iL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? 3 Q6 J' W0 p/ y& X1 n3 r# ?0 F' Z2 w7 {* L# ]' G
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. + u5 X* A! i5 ^5 B% ?2 u' ~) `8 L, M* X+ S) G
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?: @+ ]- D; b( b9 |0 T
. G3 |+ S9 P; @4 QM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.! ~5 b5 s8 A! V
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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?! ?$ X9 `! A: r9 P W
& o+ N! e; G+ U* U& }M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!0 K0 M& z+ ?( J" C! D
8 Q8 ]9 r* G+ r- M" s5 C7 X0 H' vM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 0 k% J: f$ \$ k& C6 Y6 _/ x7 Q ; F6 m7 ?5 ]; `* r; ]/ [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。. D5 |# {) q3 G# T% L' N$ F
9 H+ l+ u3 y' h$ R( [M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. : y. P1 [- F' L/ _/ ~# ?; ` 3 V$ e( m6 R1 y5 JL: 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? 5 M$ t- I+ t9 D6 c- q ) Z' q. P8 U% }1 zM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.1 ?: }) L# d ]. W- Z, y R
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" W* O( {. c0 TM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. ; E) W, q+ z- A8 \! g 2 x9 M- b, S, S0 x2 {% K+ H9 bL: 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 A3 [7 {/ K+ o6 [ ; w5 D- q; r; i* XM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. - D: \2 j: A T* b% s ! r1 ^: W7 U# c0 Z4 @: i6 h- e9 n( u8 N, ML: 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. 2 A5 s3 i) k+ d! X( n3 m; |, |) l" J* t, ^$ ^+ Y
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?* J2 \5 v& E% e" G% S) \
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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。+ _/ L2 t1 f& U) F J8 }1 g, I
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! * S9 a/ b0 ~9 Q' a+ w* V5 v2 X! V & ]# {0 }. A! o1 A6 DL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。! q1 H5 k0 _: N1 y3 a1 j& K" U
' Y, q! L/ G, I# B2 W: t% V; Z3 d& zM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. , g* R9 G; q. _2 Y4 v& }9 J, C# D m! s" }- G* tL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。/ [3 |! u" n/ }& ^0 R, A
4 y* F) n' Z% f6 g R: aMichael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。" v( c8 u3 s! s6 O% r1 M
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