# r+ S& P% Y8 [5 ]6 W+ {/ KL: 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! * N' Z5 K" s, f. {2 p& B$ w$ r 3 B5 R( G. Y v* N9 g* \! a1 \M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. , ?* N% B7 E0 {% e 9 l6 I0 N0 D3 ?6 G6 W# BL: 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? 8 r$ R" {! s6 C# v( ~7 ^! A0 B! M8 G$ H) h
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.9 a$ H; m' }5 h$ `
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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 f5 V& q( @8 I$ u. x2 k1 j0 _% d
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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? ; O# {& n+ f- f; m; A% q, a k 3 g: n- B: _* AM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?- s* M0 z: p1 Y7 {4 I
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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? 2 \& e9 g0 Y: s2 Y $ s5 k9 ~5 y! t! w2 o' h. ]* MM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 1 b9 m# F' Z) u# _% J3 Q: @ # }; f4 u0 Q+ z: K) Z! W/ zL: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? 6 E% O# j6 C4 Y % W& |% S6 ]# S6 z% M. T) EM: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( ~# W, y+ ]2 r C1 b$ F% r3 a! o
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? 3 c) k! n/ \. K# R- b2 C 0 M. V* n' l, F, uM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! * o( ~# q9 E5 A( ~2 \. U- a 6 `9 }5 ~2 g b$ }2 mL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! ; x& |& o4 Z: D4 m" x4 o ; e$ n! l- A9 k2 z1 T- u(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) : @( Z8 d. ?4 |; o( n, H5 ~6 a' }+ ]
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。 h! W% {. Y$ w9 X+ a' o
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M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 0 H, h" d8 j# k/ K4 M3 [* ]7 M' Q: v: [ j
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。/ r) j. m; B' H9 C; m4 |
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.: F( V* v$ U; Z* C( G
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& D# E6 u7 o8 xM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. # _3 i' C9 D& }6 [3 a: d( T+ T# I: |* L8 _( O8 q _
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。- v3 r! J" D- D" r K0 L" O; B3 k
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M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 1 x0 f+ ^0 U8 n + N7 F! G: A0 E% }0 V# |$ _& NL: 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? : @: F' `9 E N; h0 E/ H0 Q0 d; [
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. - E/ n. p+ _- ? O+ q4 \" ] H# K. Z" _3 A: O5 a, @/ ~; 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. 8 Y9 `8 X' H P- \' W D @( p$ ^' O7 B6 o
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?; Q( ]4 U: U; y9 b+ ^% ^1 K/ h
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 7 S8 S C* o [: }/ [; L4 P+ s+ j& g
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.! C2 ^* u, J+ l3 l0 t3 ^
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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。 $ }8 D2 `8 d# r5 W# n1 v4 c I. b1 m d. e# B1 ]* c( M6 J3 j
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。 + b" o$ Q* s0 N) B以下为音频: 5 e; b' i* G# H5 B- h8 ^