$ W4 R& N1 H) v2 T& \ aL: 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!9 U1 b. Q% s. [
" T3 R: J, G. I5 x- t* y# nM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.7 T3 x. q1 n2 _# D% |
" G& u9 I- _* h# e0 V* [9 HL: 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? ) B [- D! t% R, y8 u p/ h2 K! v% V& q* w
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. / G7 x. u7 J8 N7 e; g2 j' H+ A . @# }' a6 I/ Z) H1 U3 GL: 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。( a# t) T" x7 F/ K3 X" w" c; 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. 5 w, F4 o& N7 W) V6 I7 V% t& V / K, @/ g6 r! O, w. \& 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?/ \% k& d7 m' e6 m
/ }# Q( A/ a0 gM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 4 g: J. d7 x1 ~: G( p4 e- L: X& I8 x
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?) L2 M( g* ^3 H; J. O
! D" g4 L% C6 c8 F: DM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 2 H& d2 [) G5 S* |/ r+ J! k( A1 u) D+ z& K- ~' |1 `/ z( }
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? " G& L [4 W$ [. Z* [% ` ) d: Y& R) h' G3 nM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 4 w: z3 A* R; v8 e; x7 E" Z0 r0 K0 G. I, F7 \& w# N3 j4 F
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?- P, E9 e+ W2 n, m2 P) R( ]
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!4 x' N5 R4 ~$ J8 L1 S
. o7 Y, F, p3 w+ E. d& KL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!& D* j! ~- k+ O' ^* {; R1 s
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 5 b/ J% i- R* B& S5 T : x( p1 E3 g" @& M ~0 aL: 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 ^$ S# O/ ` m# F& p( Y : f8 |( Q" v' K L5 A( k$ uM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. , q6 `2 ?' N( ]- \# X' V& g& @. J6 n$ J& T) W7 a
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。 L0 J9 x. X( T& X+ w. Q5 G/ F+ B3 B& Z. h. R( A8 ~2 A
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 9 o" z c4 i) ?- Z" {. t% c+ f+ `1 y: Y* E
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?. X9 N! M$ m, n9 l% X' e. x: e
- _* U; _4 S) O3 ?: y$ mM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. * T* T" j6 \) `' |! }5 [' w' G
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。9 [ H3 ~$ D$ _& a1 p
& N: t6 H* D2 V+ k1 h6 xM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. . Z1 Y, @5 I% \ . {0 [) Z2 p! f$ F& _L: 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?4 b$ W- m& ?% n3 Q: ~: k4 s* D6 _
8 Y: k5 u. E! Z+ J9 j, YM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. ; R- R' q3 k9 E8 G9 v$ n ?$ i! a+ o
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., b, ~+ L9 c' v6 g& l
' F9 N! H' m, S& E/ h$ mM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?3 b1 q+ X) n3 m4 Q5 f! g# V6 t
" z( W. {8 K1 q6 u IL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。4 |9 W+ }- u, |# Q, d
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 4 T, s% \" V s$ n1 f9 k# |* A- l+ `% v& P0 a9 T
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 6 w2 s7 M2 ^( ^* e0 M5 T$ y3 x6 M& ~* A
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.1 R- r$ `7 M$ l {/ x
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。# d9 A1 e1 r5 u$ @; k% U9 F# E
4 X6 Q, i% p2 }; T0 R2 ?# [, zMichael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。2 J9 o! N9 O& a e# M
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