2 M1 b! f( v8 W" I: BL: 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! ' J( M( ]: r/ X! }% e4 w6 V- e# J; J" n0 C/ S1 I
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. & `3 Y& l4 ], J 3 j/ T/ P7 w2 j2 A0 y# jL: 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? / H; O5 ^# c8 x/ _( P # u/ d: [& H- J1 c T+ G0 }M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; L7 M' G: p$ g% F5 I
: k. R! h' K! 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。 ' \) F2 {2 P% t6 O# p5 ^ 4 O* V* o3 F) G% d$ ` X0 NM: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.* F' m/ U# x: t$ C
8 C# o5 ^" h p8 LL: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? ! U; ^% R! B; l & B v" ]: s- ?0 JM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 2 k/ y8 p7 t$ Y. R; y& U# z 3 h" q$ _. ~1 B) D. _. d1 D5 W0 gL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?5 L0 c( J. _& b7 E, P* V3 Y3 V
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. # ?" e( N$ v% S; Y + W7 |7 x2 x1 \7 W$ wL: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?( W9 a. _6 {$ k! t5 ~
/ Q& m0 d* J2 O4 G; r: v" {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. ) N% ]7 B$ K6 s; l8 I0 ?/ S: M$ k" v) p) k
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? - t) U% K6 a. D7 ]+ O0 n. ~5 A o# Y- `- P- @+ O
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ! O* t3 [8 o5 t3 H. `/ B& M) u! r) J0 F/ d, u4 [: r m$ ?3 w
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 2 j* ?7 g$ p9 O1 [. q: g1 T; T: h! q
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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。* c" y6 Q" ^3 b$ 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。 - D% x, ]; B/ y% p8 c( \ ; x) G! U" d# M+ D# ~, \8 zM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.4 E5 T U; {6 P) n( n6 b2 o
' q, {1 J5 |8 @0 Y: m, ], y; `3 u. G7 WL: 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? 1 G5 J* ]7 L7 }4 H ) O2 r+ v7 ^- |: e+ }2 ^% KM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ) w/ X9 C+ \* S, Z/ k/ p+ C u3 {- f" X! {3 \2 V
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。 * l2 d7 j; W' l8 r) p( A; Z3 ^6 w' M* x2 _
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. : K( K3 z) L' |+ P- l 7 K& y. H# r2 p! ?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?) ?7 Q' x. w, H+ B, H2 N
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" i& S" H7 `. t1 A1 XL: 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.5 J0 d2 t0 W6 g8 s6 Y' L
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M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 5 S% e$ j9 r- ^. r9 Q% \3 J 6 y4 p7 f) n8 n# D" ~1 A6 SL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 / P/ Z- ]" e$ g$ i; P7 ?6 h% n4 D5 y; f; G" E& d7 }& p
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!7 g- g# \+ k9 d7 P; c
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 4 _5 G8 E3 i( n0 F) a $ i) C w# Y$ y: H, ^M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again., q0 p1 q& {6 V; w
) z& o0 p0 q% ^! {6 T6 B. U- pL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 ; W& T2 x" s% B" s: ]+ J # U. o' q: ^( r _+ DMichael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。 C7 e4 d- S2 a( C以下为音频: ( X7 x9 X8 S( A9 H