1 X, u5 F. g3 UL: 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$ I! C9 n# \* h3 ]# {
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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. & H- t. I4 \+ _: Y- q ! g t% C8 W: M: M+ `3 dL: 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? c1 j6 ?, N$ h( w
- I, @& y- T! s, Y+ NM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. . d4 C# T; G& Y& L# U1 I3 H/ z) f$ T+ u+ {* c* a/ _
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。 ; E Y% g, k+ d U0 `. k5 e9 |( q z5 S* a
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.8 c( d6 d2 G" }; F( z/ u: W
: X0 J8 B, v: e2 C& w& J' U7 yL: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? 9 ?1 _/ w" r% o& r3 M / y5 ~) l: R5 u- RM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?8 Z* R" p& n4 {$ I( T, ^
2 X: }- b% }; g `4 S \M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 8 E3 i4 d0 M" O- P+ E' D 8 ~8 @$ N' B9 W. TL: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 F1 q: Q o+ Q3 Z6 A2 ^, |7 i/ z
' X. z4 I+ k0 f8 r( L CM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway." x! ?% e# Z, I, o; I
5 Z% W7 ~. B* {M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!+ ^. W% f/ K. i. W/ q( u
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!' X( n& u/ i) `+ {6 T
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(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) # z1 ? U8 m, i( _ . Y- _' `7 L0 q9 bL: 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。 " s' f# c9 p( z# S( } 6 r. a0 Y2 ~, o9 Y" D/ `M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.+ T! @' }3 Q8 | Y
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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。) `0 e. f: n* V: X3 E P" f
m, s) q! u9 L* sM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. ! i1 y9 A' K" ]# h6 d) B- Y9 H4 m% b7 x2 l
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?& f/ |9 _1 K* X9 v0 u! k5 b! a
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 0 d" t& v2 R" l 6 ^7 h: O0 L' X! h5 s( VL: 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。 + o5 Z( Z" `1 i 4 k! w4 G0 v O. P3 YM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.( U6 v u, a3 I2 P2 `& F8 u
# m: _ c- d8 J3 i: CL: 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?4 ^+ ^1 Y( f8 k4 ^. O2 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. 9 q; \ L% u; x1 s* E! d2 I1 x3 p( Z- a2 B6 g8 N: y
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? ) D: t0 F( U! o) H/ N# K 6 I" b3 J9 i1 k4 ML: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。- t- K6 t- t$ f- U# o! K
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 U6 q5 E8 {* q+ d# i1 h: A: e* |; X! r: a; J
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 3 z1 x$ A! U2 F4 \3 M- f- i" A( M8 n0 \( n- v8 z4 e, |
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。" ^, s Y; J0 q5 [
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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。/ k( H+ x+ Z& F' @) h' Y/ |
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