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。( H' v' w) [: O3 J: V3 o1 f3 E
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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！# c$ H n) O7 Z/ g; Y
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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. 6 q4 H4 c. v4 ]' I7 O4 m6 T7 y5 b% ]: ?9 ~$ B7 w
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？! |1 s- V! Q. A" ?: n
/ C3 N$ v- u, _; r" ]3 Z/ L) UM：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. " v$ ~; V$ [+ f % a& p; e2 G0 t# @ G( HL: 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。+ } }4 U9 j" r, z9 N
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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.2 W0 E$ S9 w# n8 n: k; o" `. [6 n2 h
# R3 V; b' d2 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？7 z; L/ s7 v/ Q& n# [) |# |8 l) Y
" G" s L4 J9 ^% _M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?) }- f4 b1 L. x% P: _0 i7 R% N
/ Z: e! w K* b: P; W. RM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. ) f; v+ y0 Y6 ?6 x+ J' m8 m1 k# G) Q3 ]- q& T* @
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？; Z6 |) x! T# Y) E" M1 a
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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.+ I! P7 @( _7 }- O5 A4 Q* r
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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？, J- R0 {6 J# Y
9 a0 v* ^. D! V1 R# OM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！% r' z% w9 u9 d1 O4 f* i8 K
( a) j& Y$ s, X3 SL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！9 C1 M8 L3 |/ X& ]% E% S6 w
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)5 y7 t( ^0 W! Q- |, I3 J" C
2 w1 E; u1 x5 q2 cL: 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。" f2 O4 v) Y5 G* |( V4 R
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M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.. }! n* h2 Y7 B0 e+ o
% W8 a- [, F. J6 @5 k- qL：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。- m. n: K7 s& b4 B# [% z
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M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. & L2 u- E0 B0 Q) A3 L8 k$ g3 a+ l7 {( U8 z# H: i
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 B6 | J, o% }1 f
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M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. & n- L- m4 w% |( ?) k! X. |# e; B) n) N& `- p* Y' |
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。! M5 C; B" }, i9 M! Q4 g6 w% ?" X( g m
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M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 6 Q6 g7 b( {1 o# y- O 7 V+ A, |! |, uL: 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? . u$ }" D+ K: O + v3 h& i# H9 Q# R2 g! rM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. + i4 x( T- ~: ^1 @: K2 P g; ]2 C _9 @5 Y. @
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 P$ l! _. h5 b5 b/ u9 M9 h
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M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?9 ^3 I; ` U! ]5 W# Z a* T
0 Y0 X G+ o% c: z( x+ Q5 S# A/ kL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。 + t: B( E5 u% X* e# b% T2 V3 R3 T' w4 D4 n" g
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!! C. f5 y- e# k1 o6 t% X
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。! ^( d2 C4 R6 H. N2 J7 ^$ D1 R- s& S
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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.) {5 |- Z2 @" y+ ^% G
/ e: v: q$ d! k- W7 P" eL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。( C. P2 g1 i, k2 R" P; @
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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。% `# V9 R) z# [! k, L' E4 Q
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