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。% w( J. A$ u6 \; L$ ]
- ]8 d8 k% O) V S9 cL: 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！* Y* m& g' @- H7 w4 q3 q/ W; p
/ Z, B% R- |, R! D$ p, qM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.4 X. i& R: ~! W4 M1 B
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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？ ; O" N- w6 p# X9 |7 K) ]1 H# _- F
M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.9 s9 {0 l4 J) i+ A; l$ i
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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。# q# `2 O5 r# E% G) F7 A
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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. * H _7 _* l# e/ B2 _% H9 P" C& R0 e- P: R! b5 K
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？* e6 B0 ~8 }# Q" h% `
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ E6 i( z* L+ N. k& S1 Z
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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？6 P5 I- ` \( s9 n1 |) q8 z5 @
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. # a2 K" E. D' V# T3 R' v- `& v% b7 w
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？ 8 g& U2 U/ x+ t. r8 g - A V0 J. q8 ^6 B# Z, ]- P" [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. * \( k4 i" b& j : q: H8 z+ [7 C0 E5 i& S3 lL: 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？ + U! k4 n' w4 Q, [ - V! P. {& k' m. @0 v2 ~) }$ jM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！, C4 N( c: \" @/ l) J, _; r
% a; v2 u. v* `; u7 c: @L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！% [* g _# n1 R x; M
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) ' E6 f- \1 E& }: \4 H: o/ w5 _& n ! Y; L6 c/ u) N- d" E( q, N6 }3 b: EL: 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。- g$ s; i4 X' h5 [$ J3 i. f
7 x; {& j4 h1 T- l: e" yM：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.# O0 c7 y7 k+ h5 {& p
* k8 D4 D' h* a+ n* K ^! F( @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。2 [3 \4 e# H8 W" t( k' E
) r, Q& J- x6 Q3 G4 G! ~: O# W4 QM：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.$ l, \" ?! N! s( t8 N7 a
9 z9 a0 {& g* b1 FL: 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 L6 `# V. t' d$ V, _5 N6 s3 s3 _
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M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. / Y% q$ t! k+ O% ~ % [( L1 d+ V B r- d TL: 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。( E5 Q8 S; x( }+ {2 o; E
' R- K8 r( u* B- t; eM：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.2 f) }6 `% i7 B* ^4 H
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M：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.- r1 R. a: }; M G; |& x4 w
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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 D3 F; O( b/ n C% G
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M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?# y5 u( ?% k N. ?2 R' \
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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。8 ^" s0 P7 E9 Y2 ]; P3 s8 M# X
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! % `; a B' U8 c4 [# |7 C: T % O1 m( I9 C+ S7 N* ?* G- f, ~2 gL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。, u: s& V& U k
! c% | @$ g2 x0 K& D) `M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 5 V+ |) y0 ]6 g" `& v ; o8 G9 \6 C+ k: r# P) g- jL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。4 C( w9 W, s2 _; S/ A1 z
. c! b4 q3 {# u6 X( o2 aMichael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。 ! o6 t C. [" ]以下为音频：/ F+ _" N# p: f) W+ H( ~
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