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。 , b) _/ c5 L* q' ~! B ( z( n) N1 J: r0 P2 ~/ l i* `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!6 l8 q# X$ k( j" ~0 O8 g* W
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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.( J+ ^, K4 w/ s, n8 U3 K
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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+ [4 ~# d% o5 E- ?0 B5 y9 \
2 q r, ~) Z2 y2 W% t, i5 |M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.+ O) O9 Z4 a# m! Q. e( D# P
+ l5 \! E# c, z, Z% qM: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. 4 f+ L6 L$ t" l& @( z4 l . s% n) G+ g. o: g4 u* Z7 \. ]) ZL: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?; x# K% b8 ?! {' q
5 _$ D$ r* Z, w1 a) Y% w4 y8 ~0 ^M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 {' [ K1 j* c# j" p
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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? & R8 m& w, g8 a1 Q: X! b: n. R# d* `1 X, N' ]% t* i" G
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. . a y/ m) g: b4 w a; R/ |' a f3 O+ O' x7 z, U: Y
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?; { _4 n, ?. L
0 X" y" @) F% e1 a" FM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.- Y0 y9 Q. h: J: I" S: P
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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? " w# B( W1 W2 _. R 7 Q K5 G4 l( o$ _, o3 W( I& LM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! 1 W+ O, \2 J$ a) T5 r" ?$ @) l$ @5 [& K
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! ) a, K3 \( Y9 S! q4 p4 }3 k& B0 \* ^/ C
(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' O& \1 N( N" u; o* F- ]2 W( @
, Z$ \7 X1 U, J6 O |9 {$ X. KL: 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 c& S& k! F" D% [) n, q& x * L. F4 \- _6 ]! y: u0 F3 c0 QM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.2 d0 F1 A+ v; c2 R6 `4 Y* L2 h1 v
2 v, F" f Y2 S" Z7 ML: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。 2 U' E9 H; M# n; G8 v7 Q d5 y0 d8 D% j" Y X3 j* l$ U
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. . j# x( W. r$ K" q0 D 9 }' d5 U" y( Z# D2 g, E3 CL: 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?& Q9 M% w# t+ |1 B
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.. {3 A- o9 f" l3 h. e8 y* R$ q
- F* A' }' m/ S$ [" L6 Y$ \$ f& hL: 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。 2 y9 `% I. N. E) c. `' k4 A2 I / X8 `! z' e$ P6 M# j' K, |% AM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 8 v0 {7 j# t0 E, d/ b # O* ^* t, a% V" o# ]( ]- RL: 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?" j& u4 [; h2 D; O' Q
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. ! Z* m+ z5 k7 |; u8 S. E ) P' `$ }3 V& }9 `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 ?; q" L# W% W
- w* I A5 M& J7 gM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 6 k$ E- `8 j; A% ] & E+ N2 z) }" c7 M* o, PL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。) N- W% N% U# T/ `5 k- r" q
; k2 R- E/ R0 ?" F' _M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 7 c& f. D. ^- f9 S8 }6 u3 E; I9 q; j/ C
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 " Y) T! z. r- ~- j) s) H, }9 V: d2 o7 t( d2 ]. E5 i" h% O5 r
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.3 O7 _0 e) q' Y