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。9 {! m% z( {2 Q" _
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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! ; g9 j( a. R Y4 N& K3 s ( s5 f0 l0 Q5 w. K% N+ d- rM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.* ~. f+ M1 k5 j, V" O# q2 D
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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?# |; g+ B. q, q _* D2 j
/ }% _. X1 A) ?8 Y2 J: j- s$ X" VM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.+ z: n$ y1 Z' T: q
, w; \4 m; Z# P. \: r3 aL: 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。 5 W7 Q. d; A& ]7 q& C( G( a3 c7 Y5 r& V, Q3 F2 F
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. " }$ N n. z* z+ w5 H, w: S2 d" z6 N1 U( m/ x) K$ T
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?7 a9 M$ t) j K6 j- I
. K7 E' g8 u& B2 d1 J& f( uM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?' x n1 U. D) y' ?5 F ~3 `( F
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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? ! i2 Z7 S- L+ G* B % g! l) ]3 I! e8 i/ IM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' [: Z; e; O9 M" Q
! Y3 F! M/ b4 O4 n9 r, x; X ZM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.6 f$ `- S- d7 P/ X0 j3 b
9 \* c0 Y" H0 u- qL: 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?1 Z e5 h( @2 u } i% r0 ~) U
! t0 Z" L: ?: |( e3 u% eM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! $ N8 @) P/ d) @ e( a, N8 u r1 |; C! u( ^1 P
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!( a& o. R: n; C' J7 W" t0 D
8 n5 q9 _" _* D& B6 R: k(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) . U+ ~: Z* ]8 B! M: W : [9 _* |. {6 K0 C8 P4 X# \- YL: 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。& s8 H3 j& }6 W7 x$ x# n& `* I0 G7 C
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. \) W6 ]& E3 ?7 d! ] `1 Q2 d
* j# p+ b% f6 K0 W7 C6 _9 W) wL: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。 ( j% w8 \; Q7 p4 \, P # f& ]" |& M. O% g3 }, jM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. : ]" @% t w* a8 O O( e4 ?' }0 Q/ o5 ~
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? @( k! x7 ~/ r/ c: z, P6 c
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 2 U! i8 B' ^6 n; J# Q3 Y" Y1 ^6 j- \( T0 G9 Z( b* G( ]8 A7 N
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。 ) D3 K5 ^$ @' s* r6 U# C 1 ^: a; |3 k: U, V. DM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.+ Z7 h& T. V' c
; W/ l) I2 s9 AL: 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?: }2 L0 y& Q( F* U& B2 }
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. ! H) T. x' L- ]* p4 l' C: T ; ?8 Q+ O2 W( y& ~0 H: g& Q* ~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. ( |; t- Q7 A6 L, A ' a' T2 d3 a4 GM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?/ A( T3 c" Z2 N! F
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!) |2 p* Q9 o x8 z S
7 l% v2 t- O8 B+ i7 a7 gL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" _' N T8 Z- B6 L4 Z
0 y/ m7 b _% pM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.7 n+ v k/ [" t0 c* C