5 { E0 N, w0 l* H& r) }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!7 w( [6 I% B( y0 F W0 n1 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. ( }3 H4 {5 I8 Q9 p+ `/ j* y g+ d( o* d5 T3 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? 7 \. Z: I. ?0 Y2 F - C' D4 l* ]9 K& }2 I; O. I5 uM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. 1 s# Y- N5 I+ n# R3 B2 F; r1 l) P! D/ `
L: 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 L8 J; L; Y1 ^. e3 M4 b" ^+ o5 u* m2 g4 N$ Q
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. 9 f9 L& ^- C' F y6 G& T- @1 o7 U7 U: Z; N9 j, u$ N
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?3 [* m' y' i, N6 N: g3 L; p( A+ l5 h% @4 u
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? ^+ N/ B/ Z/ W! I7 O+ Y1 V+ Z& ~3 b- |5 c# R. L
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?, }! `2 }$ u5 b b6 K' u
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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?9 z9 q9 i" |0 b. G
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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?$ [( o1 }& K8 B* Z, L, e9 W7 y
- Z7 I8 ^9 D0 e3 y% rM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ' I' n$ t" O W+ X' ~ q 8 l& J4 Z' u6 vL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! : t+ m6 f. f7 X) M ( i E7 E) N! P- E/ a(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)4 ?+ K- B' q! T% d% L4 J* T8 V" U* @
1 j/ Y4 d) U; ]6 {$ {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。& w* h2 {1 |* K5 |, b) m& u
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.9 F; O) U" L2 ~/ R9 w
+ d! N# E% ]6 Z* E1 z+ v1 p9 o9 O* rL: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' m; e/ g; }9 m9 C# J2 d $ G/ A! a* u& e* ?# L6 x9 O' vM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 1 K3 p* ^) |; ?% R& m1 A , q3 t# Q& x4 D- E# s) P4 f m yL: 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?6 k* L0 _( h$ v/ y6 ?7 n
1 {' k% ~* ]9 Q! G M8 ?' dM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.' U# F z/ R2 k6 T5 t+ o
. |- l9 J# M) Q* q, J+ CL: 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。 / Y3 ^% f9 n! r; y3 s0 ^, w8 M3 H! r
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. + I( \. R. t" c: v 9 A7 W# o/ [6 F% g# }+ [& c6 FL: 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?1 a. r1 s0 I: T' G. W
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. $ b. w# q" x2 Q- ? $ {8 J+ y! V0 [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 h6 S. E/ L; ~# l2 J7 S# M
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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。 , a& a. S0 W t1 P5 b : P( R5 T. n* \& ?/ ^0 J eM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! + R3 S; H7 N0 L' r& R9 \- Q$ S0 I2 ~
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 5 c) R5 q- W2 _- F7 R: T) @6 I + C# W4 T3 }9 R( QM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. & D N5 G2 l9 u" w4 m+ b1 x" c N6 v: ~2 V6 z
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 + y2 K7 ?6 z/ Q3 e0 V9 b5 y+ ?, U8 x' X: ?- l# b% c. a" l0 ~
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。 ; h% c, g" x9 `$ ]3 d: T以下为音频:; n/ i' T0 x5 {) v! K: f