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。# S- L4 y# e/ O8 _4 V P F
/ o5 K* _& P2 i& }M： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games." C9 r1 `; f3 z! C: @8 f5 s
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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？6 o. M$ S) i+ P( ?% _
2 T! W! `8 H# @& X0 J! {. ?M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.4 m3 J, D& p* q4 G x p( u3 }- T
: C# N0 Y z" G5 f% b; x+ j, o/ ^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。$ l9 P5 J& P1 B- W `) S) x5 Q0 }1 {
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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. " j! V! O8 D5 b$ g+ c! f Y P7 p/ t+ x1 l% h& i
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？1 }. x6 |8 }* J' I5 } \
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?' U0 y5 g/ }5 Q0 T
7 G$ |6 C$ n; t7 JL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？ ! U9 d0 S, G0 Z' _8 H4 W% `* ?1 T, B J
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week., l2 u0 O% L: t c+ b
$ J1 i/ X; d" ^5 G/ |7 ^: m3 dL：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？& e. Q3 Y3 S L
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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.4 _' B4 A: u" M ^5 G; w
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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？ 5 Z) |% }( Q' m; e6 n 1 V, M/ Z8 I. X0 c( YM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！/ N8 V4 q: h$ |0 U2 V- _4 s: X
/ ~0 t" D+ V3 D# r9 WL: 好，好， 去找位置吧！, i- ?0 G( K. R2 F3 [% m3 H
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)! G% ~) ]/ F" M+ V i* L
( m; }' a) N* b+ OL: 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。. D9 N8 o8 C' A
* |" ]7 {- l% a6 rM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.% } h2 ~" |8 H$ s
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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。$ z: z& v7 G; j: G$ B
$ ]$ e; l$ y) u' o" b. A, eM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., @; G7 e/ j; F( ^: i
4 E+ }+ j" q6 q- l1 K3 GL: 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？4 y4 Y3 s% D7 y
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M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.& y: C6 P- Z2 X9 D5 A
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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。6 S& x7 c5 E4 e& ^1 g; d" v- j
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M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. : I; F" m( H( |# P1 A& A0 y, j' G! @5 j, ~
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?6 Q1 y% @$ m, k6 i7 v1 H2 E- m: j
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M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.# f$ J( G B! ]- v# K9 x6 M
8 p' m, n# ?% c0 j2 nL: 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., j- ^+ R) ~6 o" E* T5 _8 z5 }/ i
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M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? {0 v& G1 j9 p. D4 T7 X9 r- u! P v
L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。" ~+ s; Z. i6 w, v# I, @- Z+ x7 z, U1 Q
5 I) Z" d# |. f3 s3 \: W3 [M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! ! W, O( b! K5 B: g. m- D1 V. x/ d; N* l- H! [
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。 7 `% ^% ~* t4 T6 D4 ^; j$ w' g1 x3 n. R' u A: L7 f
M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.( b5 a+ ?! u# k2 e; B% U
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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。 ' i7 }# n# {3 j3 i( ]2 t5 A" ]) { Q, p9 Y3 p
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。 7 B9 S5 `0 ?7 V! R. N以下为音频： ( |# \7 z" d1 F: j
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